in truth
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3.8
- idiom
:
en realidad
- In truth, I think I was beginning to grow maybe a little too fond of the time we spent together.
- in truth, however
- in truth, very little
So he says it is thus in truth the self, which is what we're looking for.
- So he says it is thus in truth the self, which is what we're looking for.
- So in truth, we'll probably never have that information from a person.
- I suppose on my list I'd put maybe in order to VNG Charles Darwin, Toni Morrison, but in truth I don't know much about their private lives.
- And in truth, all I needed to do then was to just stop drinking or not drink.
- My mind went to a place of someone saying no because they can't visualize the answer or the solution perhaps, when in truth anything is possible.
- And in truth, that which we seek the most will be found through connectivity, through getting back to nature, to these things that you're talking about.
- But also he was radical in truth and challenging people to change what how they were.
- One feeds the other because it's in truth.
- Anyhow, it would appear that Bill Wong mostly just use these things for leverage and to maintain his privacy, and in truth, mostly just for leverage.
- Now, the performance of this truck is so insane and so unbelievable that in truth, you got to kind of know what you're doing.
Examples
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With such insights in mind, Havel called upon people to "live in truth," outside the official lies.
Academic text (1990) -
In truth, we need a different approach.
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So in truth, we'll probably never have that information from a person.
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And in truth, all I needed to do then was to just stop drinking or not drink.
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And I want to live my life in truth, so I want to tell myself always.
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But in truth, it was always love.
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But in truth, I have never seen anyone win.
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Really, in truth, it is the sum total of everything.
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The letters both touched and disturbed me; in truth, I hoped they reflected not reality so much as convention.
Fiction book (1991) -
In truth, we need to make a decision by the end of the week.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Shows that something is true or certain
∞
1.0
To show that something is really true even if surprising
∞
1.0
To emphasize and agree that something is true
∞
1.0
Shows that something is true, often when it is different from what was said
∞
1.0
In a real and honest way
691
1.1
Said when you want to stress that you really mean what you say
345
3.0
To say that something is true, often when it is surprising
216
2.5
In a real and honest way, not pretending
207
3.3
Says what is really true to correct a wrong idea
190
3.3
Shows what is true rather than how things appear
104
4.9
Admitting something is true before you say something else
17
3.7
To tell the truth to show you really mean it
7
2.3
Says that something is certainly true
6
5.6
Shows that something is true despite what people thought
5
6.1
A phrase people say to show what they say is really true
A Latin phrase people use to say that something is true, often in serious speech
Admitting a point that goes against what you said
Antonyms
How True
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'in truth' literally combines the preposition 'in' (within) with 'truth' (reality), yielding the straightforward sense 'in reality' or 'indeed', so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the meaning. This preposition + noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'en verdad', French 'en vérité') and follows a standard, transparent pattern rather than an idiomatic shift.
Etymology
The phrase in truth comes from the old habit of saying the word truth before a fact to show it is real; imagine someone pausing and saying 'in truth' to make clear they mean it. That's why we use in truth today to mean 'in fact' or to stress that something is accurate.