*Truely or Truly | Correct Spelling & Meaning

Published on 14 November 2022 by Eoghan Ryan. Revised on 14 March 2023.

Truly is an adverb meaning ‘in a truthful way’, ‘absolutely’, or ‘properly’. It’s the adverbial form of the adjective ‘true’.

‘Truely’ is sometimes mistakenly used instead of truly, but ‘truely’ is not a real word and should be avoided.

Examples: Truely and truly in a sentence

Kala is a truely talented actor.
Kala is a truly talented actor.

The band’s performance was truely awful.
The band’s performance was truly awful.

Note

Adverbs are often formed by adding ‘-ly’ to the end of an adjective. While some adverbs ending with the letter ‘e’ receive the suffix without dropping the ‘e’ (e.g., ‘nice’ becomes ‘nicely’), others, like ‘true’, do not.

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Truly is an adverb

Truly is the adverbial form of the adjective ‘true’. It’s used to mean ‘in a truthful way’, ‘absolutely’, or ‘properly’. It can be used to modify a verb, adjective, or adverb. It can also be used as a sentence adverb to modify the whole sentence.

Examples: Truly in a sentence

Claire spoke truly and openly about her loss.

Ahmed is not callous; he truly means well.

Truly, there is no need for concern.

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What is a synonym for ‘truly’?: There are numerous synonyms for the various meanings of truly:

In a truthful way Absolutely Properly

Candidly Completely Accurately

Honestly Really Correctly

Openly Totally Exactly

Truthfully Undoubtedly Precisely
What does ‘yours truly’ mean?: Yours truly is a phrase used at the end of a formal letter or email. It can also be used (typically in a humorous way) as a pronoun to refer to oneself (e.g., ‘The dinner was cooked by yours truly‘). The latter usage should be avoided in formal writing.

It’s formed by combining the second-person possessive pronoun ‘yours’ with the adverb ‘truly‘.

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Eoghan Ryan

Eoghan has a lot of experience with theses and dissertations at bachelor's, MA, and PhD level. He has taught university English courses, helping students to improve their research and writing.