Adverb
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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"
- in truth -
with sincerity
without pretense
"she praised him sincerely for his victory"
"was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"
"we are truly sorry for the inconvenience"
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by right
"baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"
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in accordance with truth or fact or reality
"she was now truly American"
"a genuinely open society"
"they don't really listen to us"