really
Definitions
Adverb
- In accordance with truth or fact or reality
- In actual fact
- In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "really".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | truly | 2 | 57 |
| 2 | freely | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | rally | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | trolley | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | cruelly | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | dryly | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | wryly | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | eerily | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | orally | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | rowley | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | frilly | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | reilly | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | rollie | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | archly | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | ardley | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | artley | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | brailey | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | braley | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | bralley | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | braly | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | brawley | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | brearley | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | briley | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | brolly | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | bruley | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | crawley | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | crawly | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | creely | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | crilley | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | crilly | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | croley | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | crowley | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | eardley | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | frailey | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | fraleigh | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | fraley | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | frawley | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | friley | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | graley | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | greeley | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | greely | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | grilli | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | o'reilly | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | o'riley | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | oralie | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | oreilly | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | oriley | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | railey | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | raleigh | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | raley | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | rawley | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | reali | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | reiley | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | reilley | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | reily | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | reli | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | rielly | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | riely | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | riley | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | roley | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | rolley | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | rolli | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | rolly | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | rowlie | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | rowly | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | ruley | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | rulli | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | rylee | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | ryley | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "really".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "really" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | really a | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "really" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is really | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "really" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | would | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | commodities | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | god | 1 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 69
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 6
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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