Or rather and Truly

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Truly and or rather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Truly" instead an adverb phrase "Or rather".

Truly adverb - Not merely this but also.

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Or rather and truly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Or rather" instead an adverb "Truly".

Nearby Word: truism

Culminates with Jokey Accusing The Witness — or rather, Judge Papa of being the one truly responsible for what happened.

Source: Comic Book / The Smurfs
And on the trip back, he finds the landscape has completely changed—or rather, because of his conversion, he sees the world as it truly is for the first time.

Source: Literature / The Pilgrim's Regress
It's not until he gets his kick-the-dog moment, or rather put-glass-shards-in-the-dog's-food moment, that we understand how bad he truly is.

Source: Comic Strip / Little Orphan Annie

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