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werkelijk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absolutely adv Completely and without qualification.
  • actual adj Existing in reality; real, not just imagined or planned.
  • essential adj Absolutely necessary; unable to be done without.
  • real adj Actually existing or happening, rather than imagined, fictional, or invented.
  • really adv In actual fact; truly, as opposed to seeming or claiming to be so.

Senses

werkelijk is used for these senses in English:

  • absolutely Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.
  • actual Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]
  • essential Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
  • real That has objective, physical existence.
  • really (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.
  • really (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).

absolutely — full definition

  1. adv Completely and without qualification.
  2. intj Used to express strong agreement.

actual — full definition

  1. adj Existing in reality; real, not just imagined or planned.
  2. adj Used to emphasize the specific thing being referred to.

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