Really is a word that is often overused by too many people. And sometimes, I can be that people. “Really” is an adverb that is used for convenience and often, also, as my English teacher grandmother used to tell me, it’s used out of laziness.

When you say, “That elephant was really big!”, you could have used a more descriptive words and made the sentence more interesting: “That elephant was ginormous!”

We are often too lazy in our descriptions and in our speaking, and if we would use better words, our stories and conversations could be much more enjoyable and intriguing!