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Truley or truly?

Did you mean truly? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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truley

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truly

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Correct spelling: truly. Misspelling: truley.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

True drops its E: tru-LY.

Why people write “truley”

The misspelling “truley” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, E.

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 truly automatic.

What does “truly” mean?

truly adverb

  1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality

    “she was now truly American”

    Synonyms:genuinelyreally

  2. by right

    “baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime”

    Synonyms:rightfully

  3. with sincerity; without pretense

    “she praised him sincerely for his victory”

    Synonyms:sincerelyunfeignedly

  4. in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

    “in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”

    Synonyms:really

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Truly” in a sentence

  • I am truly sorry.
  • She was now truly American.
  • Baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime.
  • She praised him sincerely for his victory.

Is “truly” a playable word?

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8 points in Scrabble · 9 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“truley” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TRULY.

Truly: quick answers

Is it truley or truly?
The correct spelling is truly. “truley” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell truly?
True drops its E: tru-LY.
What does truly mean?
Truly means: in accordance with truth or fact or reality.