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really*/*/*/
[ˈrɪəli]
adv
1) very spoken
very, or very much
I'm really hungry.[/ex]
She really enjoys working with young children.[/ex]
We've all been working really hard.[/ex]
2) for emphasis used for emphasizing what you are saying
I really must see that film.[/ex]
There's really no need to worry.[/ex]
3) completely completely
Rigby had never really recovered from his knee injury.[/ex]
Are you really sure that you want to marry this man?[/ex]
4) for saying what is true used for talking about what is in fact true, when something else seems to be true
Hamlet isn't really mad – he's just pretending to be.[/ex]
We'll never know what really happened.[/ex]
5) for showing surprise or interest spoken
used for showing that you are surprised by or interested in what someone has just told you
‘I've decided to move back to York.' ‘Really? But why?'[/ex]
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not really — used for saying 'no' without being very definite[/ex]
'Was he sorry for what he'd done?' 'Not really.'[/ex]

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