rly
adverb, interjection, noun
rly is an adverb meaning “Abbreviation of really” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rly mean?
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of really.
adverb
- 1
Alternative form of rly (“really”).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of rly (“really”).
interjection
- 1
Abbreviation of really.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of railway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rly
- rlys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rly?
Rly appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).