in truth



in truth

(slightly formal)
actually We kept climbing but, in truth, we knew we could not reach the top of the mountain before sunset.
Related vocabulary: as a matter of fact
See also: truth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NaİMe-Turkish
Sandip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil
Coline-French
Fernandefer-NAWNDFrench
Pylyp-Ukrainian
TraversTRA-vərzEnglish (Rare)