YOURS TRULY Definition & Meaning

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yours truly

[yoorz troo-lee, yawrz]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

a conventional phrase used at the end of a letter.

pronoun

Informal.��I; myself; me.
I'm only in business to profit yours truly.

yours truly

pronoun

an informal term for I, myself , or me

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of yours truly¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of yours truly¹

from the conventional closing phrase used at the end of letters

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Idioms and Phrases

A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed “Yours truly, Mary Smith.” [Late 1700s]

I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

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Every person who fires the treb that day—yours truly emphatically included—gushes the same thing afterward: “Boy, that was satisfying!”

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These days he would have too much of an image to uphold, and too much security required, to be seen in the same dodgy establishments as yours truly.

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One of those doubters was once yours truly.

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Watson’s face was plastered on billboards across New York, Los Angeles, and Miami with pull quotes—as with those falsified by employees, like yours truly—calling him “the greatest interviewer on TV” and comparing him with Oprah.

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“Today, he had a day off, and how did he spend that? Brunch with Melania? No. Maybe a catch with Barron in the yard? No, no. Ranta Claus got up bright and early to post 165 venomous words about yours truly!”

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