really Copy link Outline I. In truthII. In fact1. rēvēra; v. REALITY, fin.2. vēro3. prŏfecto4. ĕnim (implying a reference to some reason readily understood)5. dēmum • really: I. In truth: v. truly. II. In fact: 1. rēvēra; v. reality, fin. 2. vēro: he who is r. the man in question, says he is not so, qui vero est, negat, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 35: nor r. any (charge) of that kind, nec vero aliquid ejusmodi, Cic. Coel. 30, 72: in real earnest, serio ac vero, Plaut. Amph. 3, 3, 9. Strengthened, ĕnimvēro: really, Chremes is too hard upon the young man! e. Chremes nimis graviter cruciat adolescentulum, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 1: Pl.: Cic. 3. prŏfecto: v. truly, undoubtedly. 4. ĕnim (implying a reference to some reason readily understood): he exclaims, that that is r. not to be borne! id enim ferendum esse negat! Liv. 22, 25: Pl.: Ter. (See L. G. § 654.) 5. dēmum: that r. (after all) they say is natural ... id demum naturale esse dicunt, Quint. 9, 4, 3. Phr.: not in opinion only, but really ... non opinione solum, sed etiam ad veritatem persuaderi mihi velim, Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 61.--The sense of really is sometimes implied, without being specially expressed. he caused laughter, but was r. himself ridiculous, fecit risum sed ridiculus fuit, Quint. 6, 1, 48: that we may be r. what we wish to be regarded, ut simus ii qui haberi velimus, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44: if any portion r. remains after death, si superest aliquid post funera sensus, Ov. Ep. Pont. 1, 2, 113: contrariety which seemed to exist, not which r. existed, quae videretur esse, non quae esset, repugnantia, Cic. Off. 3, 7, 34: taller than he r. was, ut procerior quam erat, videretur, Suet. Aug. 73.--Really is sometimes expressed by an ironical question. Do you r. think? itane censes? Cic. Div. 2, 32, 68: do these things r. terrify us? an vero illa nos terrent? ib. 2, 28, 60: do you r. say ... itane patris ais conspectum veritum hinc abiisse? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 1: do you r. think? an censes? Cic. Sen. 23, 82.