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Pronunciation
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- /ˌwɛl n̩ ˈtɹuːli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌwɛl n̩ ˈtɹuli/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Completely; utterly; without doubt.
[T]he ſaid intended marriage to be had, and, by God's bleſſing, to be well and truly ſolemnized and conſummated between the ſaid Walter Shandy and Elizabeth Mollineux aforeſaid, […]
1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC, pages 82–83:Many people remained in their hiding places until the war was well and truly over.
Now then, gentlemen, I beg you to weigh well in your minds; conſider ſeriously—for what are you called here this day?—Conſider, I beg of you;—what have you now ſworn to perform?—You have ſolemnly ſworn, that "you will well and truly try the iſſue between the parties." You have ſworn to try it: well and truly to try it. Now, pray, what is the iſſue? Mr. Fox aſſerts that I owe him about 200 l., which I deny. Now the queſtion between us is, whether debt or not. That is the iſſue which you have ſworn to try; to try it well; and truly to try it.
1792 September, O. [pseudonym], “Art. XIII. Proceedings in an Action for Debt, between the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, Plaintiff, and John Horne Tooke, Defendant. Published by the Defendant. 85 Pa. Pr. 25. Johnson. 1792. [book review]”, in The Analytical Review, or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign. […], volume XIV, number 1, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 54:
Translations (11)
el εντελώς (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · ru основа́тельно (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · fi totisesti (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · el απολύτως (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · fr bel et bien (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · es en toda la línea (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · fi todellakin (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · sv helt och hållet (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · ru по́лностью (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · el πέρα για πέρα (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely) · pl całkowicie (completely; utterly; without doubt — see also completely)