real-ly
See also: really and re-ally
English
Etymology
The suffix is hyphenated to better distinguish the literal-meaning adverb from the intensifier really.
Adverb
real-ly (comparative more real-ly, superlative most real-ly)
- Alternative form of really (“in a way or manner that is real, not unreal”)
- 1892, in The Philosophical Review, volume I, number 5, page 541:
- If it did, there would be no distinction between real and unreal, between what is 'real-ly' presented and 'merely imagined,' between the self and the world, and there would be no such thing as thought.
- 1892, in The Philosophical Review, volume I, number 5, page 541:
Anagrams
- rallye, y'all're, yaller