Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Truly, 1) according to truth, in agreement with fact: “let me, true in love, but t. write,” Sonn. 21, 9. “the wrinkles, which thy glass will t. show,” 77, 5. “most strange, but yet most t., will I speak,” Meas. V, 37. Mids. IV, 1, 154. All's I, 3, 224. John IV, 3, 92. R2 I, 3, 14. H4A I, 2, 106. Hml. IV, 4, 17. “tell me t. how thou likest her,” Ado I, 1, 180. Shr. IV, 5, 28. All's I, 3, 191. H5 IV, 7, 86. Lr. V, 1, 8. “bid her answer t.” Ado IV, 1, 76. Ado IV, 1, 76 All's IV, 3, 147. Caes. III, 3, 13. Caes. III, 3, 13 Caes. III, 3, 13 “as I am t. given to understand,” H4A IV, 4, 11. “in every branch t. demonstrative,” H5 II, 4, 89. “more t. now may this be verified,” H6A I, 2, 32. “as I t. swear,” R3 II, 1, 11. “God shall be t. known,” H8 V, 5, 37. “to us that give you t.” Cor. I, 9, 55. “if you report him t.” V, 4, 27. “there's none can t. say he gives,” Tim. I, 2, 11. “shapes of grief, that can denote me t.” Hml. I, 2, 83. “all this can I t. deliver,” V, 2, 397. “as t. as to heaven I do confess the vices of my blood,” Oth. I, 3, 122. “swear thou art honest. Heaven doth t. know it,” IV, 2, 38. IV, 2, 38 “by her election may be t. read what kind of man he is,” Cymb. I, 1, 53. “report should render him hourly to your ear as t. as he moves,” III, 4, 154. “or more t., woman its pretty self,” III, 4, 154 “than I did t. find her,” V, 5, 188.
2) really, not only in appearance: “thou t. fair,” Sonn. 82, 11. “I do as t. suffer as e'er I did commit,” Gent. V, 4, 76. “to be t. touched with love,” Ado III, 2, 19. “they were never so t. turned over and over in love,” V, 2, 34. As II, 7, 195. III, 2, 434. All's IV, 4, 17. H4A I, 2, 5. H4A I, 2, 5 H5 V, 2, 203. H6B III, 1, 330. V, 2, 37. H8 II, 1, 112. III, 2, 289. III, 2, 289 Cor. III, 1, 218. Rom. II, 3, 68. Tim. III, 5, 31. Mcb. IV, 3, 131. Oth. III, 3, 48.
3) rightly, correctly, justly: if I read it (your face) “not t., my ancient skill beguiles me,” Meas. IV, 2, 164. “as duly, but not as t., as bird doth sing on bough,” H5 III, 2, 19 (cf. true in Mids. III, 1, 130). “fears make devils of cherubins; they never see t.” Troil. III, 2, 75. “if Pisanio have mapped it t.” Cymb. IV, 1, 2.
4) honestly, faithfully: “we have always t. served you,” Wint. II, 3, 147. H4B V, 1, 52. V, 2, 7. Lr. I, 4, 15. II, 1, 119. Cymb. IV, 2, 373. “thou worshippest Saint Nicholas as t. as a man of falsehood may,” H4A II, 1, 71. “if like a Christian thou hadst t. borne betwixt our armies true intelligence,” V, 5, 9. (a good heart) “keeps his course t.” H5 V, 2, 173. “all masters cannot be t. followed,” Oth. I, 1, 44. “it shall safe be kept and t. yielded you,” Cymb. I, 6, 210. “what villany soe'er I bid thee do, to perform it directly and t.” III, 5, 113.
5) conformably to law and justice, legitimately: “and him by oath they t. honoured,” Lucr. 410. “his innocent babe t. begotten,” Wint. III, 2, 135. “to pay that duty which you t. owe to him that owes it,” John II, 247. “that which thou hast sworn to do amiss is not amiss when it is t. done,” III, 1, 271 (in a lawful manner). “as I t. fight, defend me heaven,” R2 I, 3, 25. “to give obedience where 'tis t. owed,” Mcb. V, 2, 26.
6) according to nature, duly, naturally: “his effigies . . . most t. limned and living in your face,” As II, 7, 194. “a pageant t. played,” III, 4, 55. “'tis beauty t. blent,” Tw. I, 5, 257. to make us say 'This is put forth too t.' Wint. I, 2, 14.
7) indeed; a slight affirmation, sometimes almost expletive: Sonn. 132, 5. Gent. I, 1, 141. Wiv. I, 1, 322. I, 3, 4. II, 2, 121. II, 2, 121 III, 2, 11. III, 4, 65. IV, 1, 4. Meas. I, 4, 3. II, 1, 194. II, 1, 194 IV, 2, 61. IV, 3, 43. Ado I, 1, 112. II, 1, 67. III, 1, 34. III, 1, 34 III, 3, 59. V, 4, 83. LLL IV, 2, 1. Mids. I, 1, 178. IV, 1, 35. IV, 1, 35 V, 272. V, 272 Merch. III, 5, 1. As I, 2, 19. III, 2, 35. All's II, 3, 22. H6A II, 2, 54. R3 V, 3, 245. H8 II, 1, 8. Lr. IV, 6, 4 etc. etc.