Deeper Dive: really
Quotes“Life is really really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius
“What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.” Ray Charles
“It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are.” e.e. cummings
CollocationsNot really
really adverb [Pref. a- + round.]
In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.☞ Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. Young.
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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