Greatly vs Truly - What's the difference?
greatly | truly |
(archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
To a great extent or degree.
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, title= In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
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Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
Very.
As adverbs the difference between greatly and truly
is that greatly is nobly; magnanimously while truly is in accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.greatly
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(en-adv)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}
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(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.