Relly or really?
Did you mean really? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
relly
Correct
really
Correct spelling: really. Misspelling: relly.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Real + ly: double L.
Why people write “relly”
The misspelling “relly” is only one letter off: it leaves out the A.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make really automatic.
What does “really” mean?
really adverb
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
“she was now truly American”
- in actual fact
“to be nominally but not actually independent”
Synonyms:actually
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
“in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”
Synonyms:truly
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
“she was very gifted”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Really” in a sentence
- That's really kind of you.
- She was now truly American.
- To be nominally but not actually independent.
- In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
Is “really” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“relly” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from REALLY.