realiter

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin realiter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁeˈaːlɪtɐ/
  • Hyphenation: re‧a‧li‧ter
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Adverb

realiter

  1. really, in fact
    • 2016 December 17, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, “Der Hass glomm in der Pubertät”, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
      Hartgesottene Nazis, denen ich hätte aufs Haupt schlagen können, sind mir selten begegnet. Kampfunerprobt, wie ich realiter war, wäre das auch schlecht für mich ausgegangen.
      Dogged nazis whose heads I could have beaten up I rarely met. Unexperienced in combat, as I was for a fact, it would not have ended without harm for myself either.

Further reading

  • realiter” in Duden online
  • realiter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latin

Etymology

From reālis (real) +‎ -ter.

Adverb

reāliter (not comparable)

  1. really

References

  • realiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • realiter in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016