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{{also|reälly|re-ally|real-ly}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|really}}, {{m|enm|realy}}, {{m|enm|rialliche}}, equivalent to {{af|en|real|-ly|id2=adverbial}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|real-ly|reälly}} {{q|both nonstandard}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹɪə.li/|[ˈɹʷɪə̯lɪ]|[-li]|[ˈɹʷɪː-]|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹɪli/|/ˈɹili/|/ˈɹi.əli/|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-really.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹɪə.liː/|[ˈɹʷeə̯ɫiː]|[ˈɹʷiə̯-]|a=NZ}}
** {{homophone|en|rarely}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹeɪlɪ/|a=obsolete}}<ref>{{R:Bingham IP|76}}</ref>
* {{hyphenation|en|re|al|ly||real|ly}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːli|s=2}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv}}

# {{lb|en|literal}} In a way or manner that is [[real]], not [[unreal]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1751|author=John Roche|title=Moravian Heresy|page=168
|passage=We are to believe that by an ''extraordinary'' Conception by Means of the ''holy Ghost'' he in an ''extraordinary'' MANNER, (unknown to us) '''''really''''' assumed Flesh, and was by her nourished in the Womb and in due Time born in a natural Manner, and that whilst on Earth he was '''''really''''' hungry, and dry, and eat and drank as '''''really''''' as other Men, without, any Deception of Sight in us or Delusion whatsoever.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1878|author=Jonathan Baldwin Turner|title=Christ's Words as Related to Science,...|page=52
|passage=If we take the phenomenal world as it strikes our senses, in all its varied and wonderful powers and aspects; as the mere symbol of the Divine Presence and power, that is, according to Christ, ever in, through, and over all, as '''really''' as are causal light, heat and gravity, or as '''really''' as our own life and souls pervade every atom of our bodies, [...]}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1975|author=Robin H. S. Boyd|title=An introduction to Indian Christian theology|page=48
|passage=Thus Brahman must be described as ‘'''really''' real’, while a rope, or a person, or God Himself, is ‘unreally real’. And it is only the Vedantin who can distinguish the real from the unreal, for to others all seems real.}}
# {{lb|en|modal}} Actually; in fact; in reality.
#: {{ux|en|"He '''really''' is a true friend."'' / ''"'''Really'''? What makes you so sure?"}}
# {{lb|en|informal|as an intensifier}} [[very|Very]] (modifying an adjective); [[very much]] (modifying a verb).
#: {{ux|en|But ma, I '''really, really''' want to go to the show!}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=10|passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet '''really''' strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
#* {{RQ:Christie Autobiography|II|4|passage=There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, '''really''' was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;{{nb...}}.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Like its synonyms, [[really]] is, in practice, often used to preface an [[opinion]], rather than a [[fact]]. (See also usage notes for [[actually#Usage_notes|actually]].)
: ''Increasingly people are recognising what's '''really''' important is having children.''<ref name="The Sydney Morning Herald article prefacing opinoin with 'really'">{{cite-web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/14/1105582712427.html|title=The Sydney Morning Herald article 'When men turn clucky'|last=Marriner|first=C|date=15-01-2005|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2009-04-12}}</ref>

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{sense|in a way or manner that is real, not unreal}} {{l|en|real-ly}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|actually}} {{l|en|actually}}, {{l|en|in fact}}, {{l|en|indeed}}, {{l|en|truly}}; see also [[Thesaurus:actually]]
* {{sense|colloquial|as an intensifier}} {{l|en|so}}

=====Derived terms=====
* [[not really]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|actually}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَقًّا}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|بجد|tr=bigad}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|من جد|tr=min jidd}}, {{t|acw|من صدق|tr=min ṣidig}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|بالصح|tr=be-ṣ-ṣaḥḥ}}
*: North Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|عن جد|tr=an jadd}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|عن جد|tr=an jadd}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|իսկապես}}, {{t+|hy|իրոք}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|doğrudan}}, {{t|az|həqiqətən}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наистина}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|တကယ်|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|realment}}, {{t+|ca|de debò}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|真係|tr=zan1 hai6}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真|alt=真的|tr=zhēnde}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|skutečně}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werkelijk}}, {{t+|nl|echt}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|vere}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tõesti}}, {{t|et|tõepoolest}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|todella}}, {{t+|fi|oikeasti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vraiment}}
* German: {{t+|de|wirklich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πράγματι}}, {{t+|el|όντως}}, {{t+|el|αληθινά}}, {{t+|el|πραγματικά}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὄντως}}, {{t|grc|τῷ ὄντι}}, {{t|grc|ἀληθῶς}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|בֶּאֱמֶת|tr=beemét}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सचमुच}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|valóban}}, {{t+|hu|tényleg}}, {{t+|hu|igazán}}, {{t+|hu|csakugyan}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sannarlega}}, {{t+|is|virkilega}}, {{t|is|raunar}}, {{t|is|raunverulega}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|ezị okwu}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|toest}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|dáiríre}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|veramente}}, {{t+|it|davvero}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|本当|alt=本当に|tr=ほんとうに, hontō ni}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|តាមពិត}}, {{t|km|តាមការពិត}}, {{t|km|មែនឬ?}}, {{t|km|មែនឬទេ?}}, {{t|km|មែនទេ?}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|정말로}}, {{t+|ko|진짜}}, {{t|ko|진짜로}}, {{t+|ko|참}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|vero}}, {{t+|la|vere}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|patiesi}}, {{t|lv|patiešām}}, {{t|lv|patiesībā}}, {{t|lv|īstenībā}}, {{t|lv|faktiski}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|tikrai}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|tuodlist}}, {{t|liv|tuodstiz}}, {{t|liv|tuodpūolst}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|навистина}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|memang}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ശരിക്കും}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|але}}
* Mwani: {{t|wmw|kweli}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|doo kááʼgóó}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ô vero}}, {{t|nap|veramente}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sōþe}}, {{t|ang|sōþes}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|واقعاً|tr=vâqe'an}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naprawdę}}, {{t+|pl|zaiste}} {{qualifier|outdated}}, {{t+|pl|zaprawdę}} {{qualifier|outdated}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|na verdade}}, {{t+|pt|realmente}}, {{t+|pt|mesmo}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|pe bune}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|действи́тельно}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|stvarno}}, {{t+|sh|uistinu}}, {{t+|sh|doista}}, {{t+|sh|zbilja}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|verdaderamente}}, {{t+|es|realmente}}, {{qualifier|as question}} {{t+|es|¿en serio?}}, {{t|es|de veras}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kweli}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|egentligen}}, {{t+|sv|verkligen}}, {{t+|sv|sannerligen}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|నిజంగా}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|aslında}}, {{t+|tr|gerçekten}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|ca rại}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ді́йсно}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|واقعی|tr=waqaī}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thật sự}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|heqeta}}
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{{trans-top|informally, as an intensifier; very, very much}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|իսկապես}}, {{t+|hy|իրոք}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|həqiqətən}}, {{t|az|doğrudan}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наистина}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏙᎯᏳ}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|kani̠hka̠}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真|tr=zhēn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|skutečně}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werkelijk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|tre}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tosi}}, {{t+|fi|todella}}, {{t+|fi|oikeasti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vraiment}}
* German: {{t+|de|wirklich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πραγματικά}}, {{t+|el|αληθινά}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igazán}}, {{t+|hu|annyira}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|virkilega}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|tre}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|davvero}}, {{t+|it|veramente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|まじ|tr=maji|sc=Jpan}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ពិតជា}}, {{t+|km|ណាស់}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|labai}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ശരിക്കും}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ô vero}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|veldig}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|واقعاً|tr=vâqe'an}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naprawdę}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|realmente}}, {{t+|pt|mesmo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пра́вда}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|baš}}, {{t+|sh|fakat}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|de veras}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|verkligen}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|చాలా}}
* Thai: {{t|th|จริงๆ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|cidden}}, {{t|tr|harbiden}}, {{t+|tr|gerçekten}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|rất}}
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====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|informal}} Indicating [[surprise]] at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express [[skepticism]].
#: A: ''He won the Nobel Prize yesterday.''
#: B: '''''Really?'''''
## {{lb|en|informal|by extension}} A [[phatic]] confirmation by a [[listener]], to signal [[active listening]]; mostly devoid of [[literal]] meaning, with the phatically [[contrived]] incredulity being merely formulaic.
##: A: ''You know, I saw Oliver the other day.''
##: B: '''''Really?''' What's he been up to?''
##* {{quote-journal |en |date=1979-11-04 |last=Safire |first=William |title=On Language [column] |journal=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/04/archives/on-language-the-fumblerules-of-grammar.html |passage="Literally" is not the only word that has lost touch with reality: look at "'''really'''." That word also was meant to describe a state of reality, or literalness. Even as a substitute for "Is that so?," the word asked, "Is that true, or real?" Nowadays, one guy goes, "I literally flew off the handle," and the other guy goes "'''Really'''." It's a grunt, meaning, "I'm still here."}}
# {{lb|en|informal|sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.}} Indicating that what was just said was [[obvious]] and [[unnecessary]]; contrived [[incredulity]]
#: A: ''I've just been reading Shakespeare - he's one of the best authors like, ever!''
#: B: '''''Really'''.''
# {{lb|en|informal|chiefly|US}} Indicating affirmation, agreement.
#: A: ''That girl talks about herself way too much.''
#: B: '''''Really'''. She's a nightmare.''
# {{lb|en|informal}} Indicating [[displeasure]] at another person's [[behaviour]] or [[statement]].
#: {{ux|en|Well, '''really'''! How rude.}}

=====Usage notes=====
For the phatic sense, alternatives such as {{m|en|wow}} or {{m|en|gosh}} avoid a miscue whereby a speaker mistakes an active listener's ''really'' for genuine surprise or incredulity.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|incredulity, phatically contrived incredulity, or in ironic/sarcastic sense}} {{l|en|gosh}}, {{l|en|is that so}}, {{l|en|no kidding}}, {{l|en|no really}}, {{l|en|no way}}, {{l|en|oh dear}}, {{l|en|oh my}}, {{l|en|oh really}}, {{l|en|you don't say}}, {{l|en|wow}}
* {{sense|affirmation, agreement}} {{l|en|actually}} {{q|Philippines}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وَٱللّٰه؟}}, {{t|ar|لَيْسَ مَعْقُل!}}, {{t|ar|حَقًّا}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լո՞ւրջ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нима}}?, {{t+|bg|наистина}}?
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|真|alt=真的？|tr=zhēnde?}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|opravdu}}, {{t+|cs|skutečně}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werkelijk?}}, {{t+|nl|echt?}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĉu vere?}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ihanko totta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vraiment ?}}, {{t+|fr|ah bon ?}}
* German: {{t|de|([[ach]]) [[ja]]?}}, {{t+|de|echt?}}, {{t+|de|wirklich?}}, {{t+|de|tatsächlich?}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αλήθεια}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|בֶּאֱמֶת?|tr=be'emét?}}, {{t|he|הֲאֻמְנָם?|tr=ha'umnám?|sc=Hebr}}, {{t+|he|ואללה?|tr=wálla?}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|aba|alt=abâ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|igazán?}}, {{t+|hu|tényleg?}}, {{t+|hu|komolyan?}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|virkilega?}}
* Indonesian: {{t-needed|id}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|go [[fírinneach]]}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|davvero?}}, {{t+|it|veramente?}}, {{t|it|ma dai?}}, {{t+|it|dai?}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|本当|alt=本当？|tr=ほんとう？, hontō?}}, {{t|ja|へえ|alt=へえ？|tr=hē?}}, {{t|ja|ほんと|alt=ほんと？|tr=honto?}}, {{t+|ja|本真|alt=本真に？|tr=honma ni?}} {{qualifier|Kansai dialect}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|그래요?}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t|la|itane}}, {{t+|la|an}}, {{t+|la|anne}}, {{t|la|an vero}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|benarkah}}, {{t|ms|betulkah?}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ശരിക്കും}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|āta koia}}, {{t|mi|nē}}, {{t+|mi|ata}}, {{t|mi|i neki}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|нээрэн|alt=нээрэн үү?}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|tʼáásh aaníí}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|جداً؟|tr=jeddan?}}, {{t+|fa|واقعاً؟|tr=vâqe'an?}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naprawdę}}?, {{t+|pl|doprawdy}}?, {{t+|pl|czyżby}}?
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sério?}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|pe bune?}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пра́вда?}}, {{t+|ru|ра́зве?}}, {{t+|ru|серьёзно?}}, {{t+|ru|да?}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|¿de verdad?}}, {{t|es|¿de veras?}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|verkligen?}}, {{t+|sv|jaså?}}, {{t|sv|säger du det?}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|talaga?}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|öyle mi}}?, {{t|tr|gerçekten mi}}?, {{qualifier|informal}} {{t|tr|harbiden mi}}?
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ді́йсно?}}, {{t|uk|спра́вді?}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|thật sao?}}, {{t|vi|vậy à?}}, {{t|vi|thế à?}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אַזוי}}
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{{trans-top|sarcastic, typically exaggerated question}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|така ли}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ihanko totta}}, {{t|fi|todellako}}
* German: {{l|de|ach nee}}; {{l|de|ach was}}; {{t+|de|sag bloß}}; {{q|informal}} {{t|de|was du nicht sagst}}, {{q|formal}} {{t|de|was Sie nicht sagen}}
* Hungarian: {{q|informal}} {{t|hu|nem mondod?!}}, {{t|hu|ne mondd!}}; {{q|formal}} {{t|hu|nem mondja?!}}, {{t|hu|ne mondja!}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|واقعاً}}, {{q|informal}} {{t|fa|نه پس}} 
* Russian: {{t+|ru|да ла́дно}}
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{{trans-top|indicating affirmation, agreement}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наистина}}, {{t|bg|в действителност}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|totta}}, {{t+|fi|todellakin}}
* German: {{t+|de|echt}}, {{t+|de|wirklich}}, {{t+|de|absolut}}, {{t+|de|auf jeden Fall}}, {{t+|de|stimmt}}, {{t+|de|in der Tat}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|όντως}}, {{t+|el|πράγματι}}, {{t+|el|πραγματικά}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|aba|alt=abâ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tényleg}}, {{t+|hu|igaz}}, {{t|hu|az ám}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|veramente!}}, {{t+|it|davvero!}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|właśnie}}, {{t+|pl|naprawdę}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|действи́тельно}}, {{t+|ru|да}}, {{t+|ru|в са́мом де́ле}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|verkligen}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|cidden}}, {{t|tr|gerçekten de}}, {{t+|tr|gerçekten}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{t|tr|harbiden}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ді́йсно}}, {{t|uk|спра́вді}}
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{{trans-top|indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikeasti}}
* German: {{t|de|also wirklich}}!
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|aba|alt=abâ}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|واقعاً که!|tr=vâqe'an ke!}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|doprawdy}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|в са́мом де́ле}}, {{t+|ru|на са́мом де́ле}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|наспра́вді}}
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* Dutch: {{t-check|nl|[[werkelijk]] [[echt]]}} <!-- was "[[werkelijk]] [[echt]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Georgian: {{t+check|ka|განა}}, {{t-check|ka|მართლა}}
* Icelandic: {{qualifier|lit. "[are you talking] in real?"}} {{t-check|is|[[í]] [[alvara|alvöru]]}} <!-- was "[[í]] [[alvara|alvöru]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->, {{t+check|is|virkilega}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|davvero}}, {{t+check|it|veramente}}
* Japanese: {{t+check|ja|まさか|tr=masaka}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|zău}}, {{t-check|ro|pe bune|alt=pe bune?}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|verkligen}}, {{t+check|sv|jaså}}
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====References====
<references/>

===Etymology 2===
From {{affix|en|re-|ally}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{alt form|en|re-ally}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1917|title=German American Annals|page=69
|passage=She wished since long to die and to be '''reallied''' with her children in heaven.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=Warren F. Kuehl; Lynne Dunn|title=Keeping the Covenant: American Internationalists and the League of Nations, 1920-1939|page=19|publisher=Kent State University Press|isbn=9780873385664
|passage=Following the election, those who had publicly opposed Harding hastened to '''really''' themselves with Republicans who had remained in the party.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aellry|rallye|y'all're|yaller}}

{{cln|en|degree adverbs|intensifiers|modal adverbs|sarcastic terms|speech-act adverbs}}