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[ほん()·とう()·]
hontouni
adverb

Alternate Written Forms:

[ほん()·()·]
hontoni
Irregular Reading
hontoni
hontooni
hontouni

Root Words:

[ほん()·とう() + に]
hontou + ni

English Meaning(s) for 本当に

adverb
  1. really; truly

Definition and Synonyms for 本当に

Really used as intensifiers
Synonyms: いと, いと, ごく, そう, そう, とと, あまり, いっそ, いとも, いとも, ずんと, とても, よほど, ありあり, いかにも, おおきに, さばかり, すこぶる, ずいぶん, たいして, たいそう, たっぷり, つくづく, どうにも, はなはだ, まさしく, めっきり, よっぽど, それはそれは, 世にも, 事実, 余る, 大いに, 大変, , , , , その実, 実に, 実は, 実際に, 思い切り, 思い切る, 悉皆, , , 最も, 本当, 本当に, 果たて, 根から, 根っから, , 極めて, 極める, 正しい, 正しく, 正身, 決める, 現に, 痛い, , , 真実, 結構, 至極, 良い, , 誠に, 重々, 非常に
Really in accordance with truth or fact or reality
Synonyms: さも, とと, しかも, いかにも, どうにも, まさしく, まったく, 事実, 全い, , , , 実に, 実際, 実際に, 悉皆, , 本当, 本当に, 正しい, 正しく, 正身, 現に, 現実, , , 真実, 純粋, , 誠に
Really in actual fact
Synonyms: 事実, 事実上, 実際, 実際に, , 本当, 本当に, 現に, 現実, , , 誠に
Positively extremely
Synonyms: まったく, 全い, 本当に, 絶対に
Sooth truth or reality
Synonyms: 本当に, 真実

Meanings for each kanji in 本当に

» book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
» hit; right; appropriate; himself

Categories 本当に is a member of

Truthfulness the quality of being truthful
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Sample Sentences for 本当に

I'm getting sick and tired of Ms. Maruta and her noisy friends.
My brother is really tall, about 1.8m.
While looking at the flowers I thought suddenly that humans too had a good side. It's humans who discovered the beauty of flowers and it's also humans who can appreciate them.
You are really clumsy, aren't you!
I was nine years old when I asked my mother whether Father Christmas really existed.

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