Truly vs Faithfully - What's the difference?
truly | faithfully |
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.27:
Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
Very.
In a faithful manner.
(US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.
As adverbs the difference between truly and faithfully
is that truly is in accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately while faithfully is in a faithful manner.truly
English
Adverb
(en-adv)- He adds, very truly , that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.
- That is truly all I know.
- Truly , that is all I know.
- You are truly silly.
Derived terms
* well and trulyfaithfully
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The CD reproduces music faithfully.
- I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.