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形容詞

for real (comparative more for real, superlative most for real)

1. (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.

   Are you seriously like actually for real?

   Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now. ― Nobody will pay $500 for this. Are you kidding me?

   • 1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor:

     […] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person

   • 1971, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”, performed by The Dramatics:

     Some people / Are up to no good, ah / But baby, I'm for real / I'm as real as real can get

   • 1996, “Wannabe”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls:

     Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real?

副詞

for real (not comparable)

1. Genuinely, truly.

   This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

同意語

• earnestly; see also Thesaurus:honestly

反意語

• for fake (humorous)

派生語