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Meaning of not really | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

To a low degree, not particularly, not especially.
not-comparable
Not actually (a hypothetical will not, in fact, come to pass), often rhetorical.
not-comparable

Equivalents

Polski nie bardzo niezbyt

Examples

“I’m not really hungry now, so let’s have dinner later.”

“A: Are you hungry yet? B: Not really.”

“I asked him if it had been a hard fight. "Not really," he said.”

“You’re not really going to marry him, are you?”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

not while pussy's a cat not yet notably notarially notationally notedly