Dictionary entry

Really (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re″al‐ly (rē″al‐ly̆), adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.

Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.

Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. Young.