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not really en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) To a low degree, not particularly, not especially.
    • I’m not really hungry now, so let’s have dinner later.
    • A: Are you hungry yet? B: Not really.
    • I asked him if it had been a hard fight. "Not really," he said. 2022 September 13, 2:54 from the start, in See what Russians left behind after being run out of city, CNN:
  2. (not-comparable) Not actually (a hypothetical will not, in fact, come to pass), often rhetorical.
    • You’re not really going to marry him, are you?

Translations (9)

pl nie bardzo (to a low degree) · pl niezbyt (to a low degree) · ru не сли́шком-то (to a low degree) · fr pas vraiment (to a low degree) · da ikke rigtig (to a low degree) · nl niet echt (to a low degree) · ru не о́чень (to a low degree) · hu nem igazán (to a low degree) · da egentlig ikke (to a low degree)