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Learners of English as a second language usually know the word really once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning really meaning

What does really mean?

Definitions in simple English

really Adverb

— When something is really a certain way, its very or very much that way. I really want to see a film. I'm really hungry now. You did a really good job on that. Thank you for coming and helping me this morning. I really appreciate it. I don't really like Japanese food.

— If something really exists or really happens, it does exist or happen. Are you really going to the show? Yes, I really will be there.

really Interjection

— You can say "really?" when you are surprised. "He won yesterday." "Really?"

— You can say "really" when you agree with something. "That girl talks about herself way too much." "Really. She's a nightmare."

really

— adverb (= truly, genuinely) in accordance with truth or fact or reality she was now truly American a genuinely open society they don't really listen to us

— adverb (= actually) in actual fact to be nominally but not actually independent no one actually saw the shark large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt

— adverb (= in truth, truly) in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire really, you shouldn't have done it a truly awful book

— adverb (= very, real, rattling) used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal she was very gifted he played very well a really enjoyable evening I'm real sorry about it a rattling good yarn

Synonyms really synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as really?

really English » English

truly

indeed

actually

very

in fact

genuinely

certainly

quite

real

absolutely

true

seriously

surely

sincerely

in truth

honestly

truely

completely

well

extremely

a lot

veritably

truthfully

so

properly

is that so

exactly

as a matter of fact

verily

perhaps

in the last resort

in reality

honest

genuinly

for sure

definitely

yes

virtually

undoubtedly

too

sure enough

simply

reliable

reality

rather

only

many

just

evidently

dependable

Really English » English

Unbelievable

No way

Topics really topics

What do people use really to talk about?

Grammar

Very

• What words intensify an attribute?
  very really highly deeply real so mighty one quite ever so bloody decidedly too proper true extremely such

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

• What words indicate that something is certainly not true?
  absolute assurance assured can certain certainly certitude clear decided decisive definite doubtless established fixed guaranteed incalculable incontestable incontrovertible indisputable indubitable ineluctable inevitable infallible inescapable inevitable irrefragable irrefutable positive really set settled single-minded sure sureness trustworthy unarguable unavoidable undeniable unequivocal unmistakable unquestionable

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of emphasis

• What words indicate that a phrase or sentence is important?
  then indeed surely so certainly in fact actually how you know really sure just you know don't you that how much more emphatically absolutely without question no way of course obviously you've got to be kidding it is just that the only thing is one thing that in reality only that as it were just as you can see as you know without a doubt don't you remember I am convinced that

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

• What words refer to being very worried?
  anxiety attack really worried really scared really wondering despair despairing desperate desperation be worried sick be at your wits' end frantic frantically

Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain

• What words refer to a bad pain?
  agony agonize agonizing anguish burn hurts a lot really hurts acute racked with pain horrible excruciating torment raw pain

Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Dazed, confused

• What words are used to express an extreme case of these conditions?
  really confused totally out of it shocked

Daily life

Sleep

• What words are used of a deep sleep?
  be in a deep sleep be really out sleep deeply sleep soundly sound asleep

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

• What words refer to moving quickly?
  move quickly hurry haste hasten rush forge ahead charge barrel along move like a bat out of hell make a beeline for boil bolt bustle move along at a good clip dart double-time fast fire flash flat-out fling flit fly gallop move like greased lightning be really hopping kick lickety-split plunge in quick race rapid rapidly rapidity run rush sail scour scud shoot move like sixty skim snappily speed stampede streak sweep swift swiftly swing tear apace tilt vroom whiz wildfire zip zoom at full speed at top speed express make tracks burn up the track

Examples really examples

How do I use really in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I really need to hit somebody.

She's really smart, isn't she?

Was I really boring?

You are really clumsy, aren't you!

I'm really concerned about your future.

I really love my work.

You really must stop smoking.

You really did a good job.

Are you really going to London to study?

It tastes really good.

He really pissed me off.

If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.

If you look at the song's lyrics, they really don't mean much.

Uh, now it's really weird.

Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

You really don't have the right priorities!

Life begins when we realize who we really are.

The rooms in this hotel are really very bad at muffling sounds. I can hear my neighbor chewing his gum!

Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.

I really wasn't expecting that from you.

You're really not stupid.

You're really a hard worker.

Movie subtitles

Did you think I'll get tricked? Do you really think I was going to get tricked by you old man!

Make me sad again, and I'll really die then.

I checked into a really nice hotel with the money you gave me. You're right.

Is it really corny?

It's not that really cool.

You really said it was corny.

Is it really good?

Would that really be true?

Would a love like that.. Exist really?

Is it really there?

But was he really acquitted?

Did you really think you could get me to shoot you just by threatening me?

He did it! He really did it!

Now, it's not really clear if the Egyptians, the babylonians or the Chinese invented the water clock.

But if it were true, if that emission really existed, it would be a very powerful tool to study the Galaxy.

You think he really loves me?

Really?

Am I really hearing this?

I got an idea. - Really?

Maury Finkelberg? Really?

Really well, actually. Yeah?

That's funny, uh, 'cause the way I remember it, the one time I really needed you, you know, when my wife was killed, you got coked up and burned down the restaurant we worked at.

Uh, look, I'm really. I'm really not having this with you.

You must be in really tight with those scumbags.

Yeah, I mean, I think people are really gonna dig this.

Good, 'cause I'm really jonesing for some.

See, the thing is, me and my friends, we really like PBJs.

That magic stuff you do really cracks me up.

Come on! I only eat bugs when I'm really hungry, like when my mom sleeps in and forgets to pack my lunch.

I thought about it, I realized that wouldn't really change things. Let's hook back outside.

We're all really busted up about how things went down with Johnny. I know he's a friend of yours, but he's a friend of ours too.

Nick was never really mad at me.

But nerds tend to be really good Ju-Ji-Mon players, so the other kids are, like, scared to play there.

Oh, really?

We've really need to stay positive.

Did you really think we were going to get out of there?

I wonder what people would really make of all this back home?

Not really new news.

I'm really sorry.

News and current affairs

But was it really a war that started on September 11, 2001?

For the really hard work is only now beginning: dealing with all the internal practical and political problems that these enlargements will bring, as well as reckoning with countries in the membership waiting rooms, in particular Russia.

America's business scandals showed how accounting rules can be bent and abused to provide a misleading picture of what is really happening in a company.

The Bush Administration, not to be left behind, has shown how public accounting rules can be bent so as to provide a misleading picture of what is really happening in a national economy.

And it is doubtful that we really care enough about others, or give enough to the less fortunate.

But it is also true that although some people are eager to take pills that make them feel better or think faster, it is not so obvious that people would really want to take pills that would make them morally better.

It is not clear that people really want to be morally better.

It will subordinate all who really do work - traders, warriors, journalists, and others - to party ideologues whose sole job is to search for enemies.

In this, too, it has not really been successful, despite the huge amount of money that it put on the table.

Developing nations are grasping just how outrageous the current distribution of greenhouse-gas emissions really is.

If the US really wants to undercut terrorism, it must recognize the interconnectedness of extremism, poverty, and environmental degradation, and it will need to understand the struggles for survival that are underway among the poor everywhere.

They would thus have little effect on the longer-term rates that really drive business investment.

Whether America now really is in a liquidity trap is uncertain.

Is there really that much reason why the Scots and Welsh should be part of the same national state as the English?

And if you are really worried about that, gold might indeed be the most reliable hedge.

Obama, Rudd, Zapatero, and other forward-thinking leaders can therefore make a huge difference by following up on their pledges at the G-8 and insisting that the aid really works.

If he really is as head-over-heels in love with Bruni as he claims, and plans to marry her imminently, why not take advantage of his upcoming trip to India and make this a wedding to remember?

Is it any wonder, then, that so many rational people are trying to make sense of a political reality that really has become unusually opaque?

Whether America now really is in a liquidity trap is uncertain. How long this state of affairs will last is unknown.

If so, does enlarging the euro's membership really serve Europe's apparent goal of maximizing economic integration without necessarily achieving full political union?

For Poland and the other countries of East-Central Europe that have or are about to join NATO, membership in the Alliance didn't really require debate.