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Truely vs. Truly

Truely

In a way that is real, genuine, or sincere.

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Truly

/ˈtruːli/

In a genuine or accurate manner

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'Truly, sir, I have company there.'Was he truly saved?"Now I am truly the Knight of the Long Face.

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Ways to tell them apart:

"Truly" is the correct spelling, while "truely" is incorrect and doesn't exist in standard English.
Remember, truly does not have an e after the u, unlike words like blue or glue.
If in doubt, think of true without the e before adding the ly. This helps avoid creating an incorrect form like truely.
Truly follows the pattern of dropping the e in words like due when transforming to an adverb (truly, duly).
The word truly is used more than 1 million times in books written over the last 200 years, while truely is not recognized.

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