Really
Really adverb - In actual fact.
To all appearances and really are semantically related. In some cases you can use "To all appearances" instead an adverb "Really".
To all appearances
Really and to all appearances are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Really" instead an adverb phrase "To all appearances".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Yuki Nagato looks to all appearances like a minor living alone, and that's even the cover story that Kyon tells Haruhi about Yuki's living situation, but in fact she�s actually an alien android, not a teenage girl, and therefore not really a minor at all.
Source: Minor Living Alone - At the orders of their boss Shredder, they fight the Turtles and seem to have fun doing this; Shredder also gives them other, more laborious duties that they don't enjoy as much; but to all appearances, what they really want to be doing is just playing around, like children.
Source: Half-Hearted Henchman
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To all appearances and Really. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/really/to_all_appearances
Really & To all appearances. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/really/to_all_appearances>.
To all appearances or Really. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/really/to_all_appearances.
