- Truly is the only acceptable way to spell the adverbial form of the adjective true.
- Truely is not an alternative spelling; it’s a common mistake.
Some adjectives like nice, fine, and blue retain their final e when adding the adverb suffix -ly: nicely, finely, and bluely. With truly, this is not the case.
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Is It Truly or Truely?
Although some monosyllabic adjectives ending with “e” retain it when they adopt the -ly suffix to become adverbs, true isn’t one of them. This might be the reason some people mistakenly think that truely is the way to spell the word. It’s not. Truly is the only accepted spelling:
We would truly
like to see you back next summer.
You have to end your letters with “yours truely
“.
It was a truly
wonderful performance.
I truely
made an effort to finish the essay on time.
That girl can truly
sing like an angel.
This is not what we truely
wanted for Christmas.
Examples
The study is crammed full with old books, scattered manuscripts and mysterious potions, and the beasts as well as their individual habitats themselves are truly
impressive.
Most of the time, the parents mean well and truly
want to help.
First of all, you need to truly
understand the amount of work that is required.
Most of us make spelling mistakes from time to time. Some words seem to almost invite us to make mistakes. “Forty” and “fourty” are such a pair, “preferably” and “preferrably” are another, and there is always “foolproof” and “fullproof” to keep us on our toes.
