different between regards vs truly

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??????dz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????dz/
• Hyphenation: re?gards

Noun

regards

1. plural of regard

Noun

regards

1. (plural only) Good wishes.
   1. A greeting to pass on to another person.

      Give my regards to your brother when you next see him.

   2. (plural only) A greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication.

      Regards, John. Kind regards, Peter.

Translations

Verb

regards

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regard

Anagrams

• Dragers, graders, red rags, redrags

Cebuano

Etymology

From English regards.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?gards

Verb

regards

1. to give one's regards

Interjection

regards

1. my regards

French

Pronunciation

Noun

regards m

1. plural of regard

English

Alternative forms

• trooly (obsolete)
• truely (archaic)
• trully (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English tr?owl??e (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true +? -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?u?li/
• Rhymes: -u?li

Adverb

truly (comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)

1. (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:

     He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.

2. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

   That is truly all I know.

   Truly, that is all I know.

3. (degree) Very.

   You are truly silly.

Synonyms

• (truthfully, accurately): frankly, sincerely; see also Thesaurus:honestly
• (in fact, really): in point of fact, literally; see also Thesaurus:actually
• (very): extremely, exceedingly; see also Thesaurus:very

Derived terms

• untruly
• well and truly

Translations

Anagrams

• Lurty