yours truly

yours tru·ly

Y y

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yoo rz, yawrz, yohrz troo-lee]
- /yʊərz, yɔrz, yoʊrz ˈtru li/
- /jɔːz ˈtruːli/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yoo rz, yawrz, yohrz troo-lee]
- /yʊərz, yɔrz, yoʊrz ˈtru li/

Definitions of yours truly words

adverb yours truly a conventional phrase used at the end of a letter. 1
noun yours truly I, me 1
convention yours truly You write Yours truly at the end of a formal letter to someone you do not know very well. You write your signature after the words 'Yours truly'. 0
phrase yours truly You can say yours truly as a way of referring to yourself. 0
pronoun yours truly an informal term for I, myself, or me 0
noun yours truly a phrase or formula used before the signature in ending a letter 0

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Origin of yours truly

First appearance:

before 1790

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1790-1800

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Parts of speech for Yours truly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Yours truly

yours truly popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for yours truly

pron yours truly

myself — There is no disagreement over the use of myself and other -self forms when they are used intensively (I myself cannot agree) or reflexively (He introduced himself proudly). Questions are raised, however, when the -self forms are used instead of the personal pronouns (I, me, etc.) as subjects, objects, or complements. Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I: Myself was the one who called. The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary. It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me: Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it. As part of a compound subject, object, or complement, myself and to a lesser extent the other -self forms are common in informal speech and personal writing, somewhat less common in more formal speech and writing: The manager and myself completed the arrangements. Many came to welcome my husband and myself back to Washington. Myself and other -self forms are also used, alone or with other nouns or pronouns, in constructions after as, than, or but in all varieties of speech and writing: The captain has far more experience than myself in such matters. Orders have arrived for everyone but the orderlies and yourself. There is ample precedent, going as far back as Chaucer and running through the whole range of British and American literature and other serious formal writing, for all these uses. Many usage guides, however, state that to use myself in any construction in which I or me could be used instead (as My daughter and myself play the flute instead of My daughter and I, or a gift for my husband and myself instead of for my husband and me) is characteristic only of informal speech and that such use ought not to occur in writing. See also me.

pronoun yours truly

i — the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
me — of or involving an obsessive interest in one's own satisfaction: the me decade.

All 3 Synonyms of yours truly