Rather and Really

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Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Really and rather are semantically related in extremely topic. In some cases you can use "Really" instead an adverb "Rather".

Really adverb - In actual fact.

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Rather and really are semantically related in extremely topic. Sometimes you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Really".

Nearby Words: realize, real, reality, realistic, realization

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