Vocabulary

What does 誠に (まことに, makotoni) mean?

誠に (まことに, makotoni) means truly, indeed; extremely.

Quick facts
Readingまことに
Romajimakotoni
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
まことに
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonmakotoni

truly, indeed; extremely

Genki 20Genki
  1. 1adverb really; truly; very

Example sentences

  • I am truly sorry.

  • Those are truly precious words.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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