Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately. · Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. · Very.
From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.
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