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Collocations for really - adv.

Really is used with these adjectives:
adequate, afraid, aggressive, alive, amazed, amazing, appalling, ashamed, astonishing, awesome, awful, beautiful, brilliant, careful, crazy, critical, crucial, decent, delicious, delighted, delightful, desperate, disgusted, disgusting, dreadful, eager, encouraging, essential, evil, excellent, exceptional, exhausted, experienced, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fascinating, fat, fed up, filthy, frantic, fundamental, genuine, glad, good, gorgeous, grateful, gratifying, great, guilty, handy, horrible, horrific, hot, huge, hurt, ill, impossible, impressed, incredible, inspiring, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, natural, necessary, obscene, OK, outstanding, perfect, persistent, red, refreshing, remarkable, ridiculous, ripe, satisfying, serious, sick, spectacular, splendid, spooky, stunning, superb, sweet, terrible, terrified, thankful, thrilled, touched, tough, tragic, traumatic, true, unbelievable, unfriendly, unhappy, unwell, uplifting, vital, wide, willing, wonderful, worth, worthwhile

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Really is used with these verbs:
ache, admire, age, amaze, annoy, appeal, appreciate, believe, benefit, care, concern, confuse, depend, deserve, desire, despise, dislike, earn, embrace, enjoy, envy, examine, exist, explain, fear, feel, frighten, fulfil, happen, hate, help, hope, hurt, imagine, impress, improve, interest, irritate, justify, lack, laugh, like, love, matter, miss, need, prefer, regret, relish, resent, respect, scare, shock, solve, stretch, strike, struggle, surprise, sympathize, think, trust, upset, want, welcome, wish, worry

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