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The phrase "although not really" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a contrast or a qualification to a previous statement, often indicating that something is not entirely true or accurate.
Example: "I enjoy going to the gym, although not really as much as I used to."
Alternatives: "though not exactly" or "but not truly".
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Dawn (Buffy's sister, although not really - very long story) is a giant.
Although not really Ming anymore -- and many never were -- they really are gardens.
Mrs Buttonwood hails from America and, although not really receiving much in the way of services from the US government, has to fill in a tax form every year.
Although not really: the asset/apartment was "rented" for free to the mother's son — the daughter's brother — until such time as he and his new and approved-of and soon-to-be-pregnant wife felt more financially stable.
Although not really interested in taking the job, Ms. St. John visited the property under the pretense of seeing the plants already there just so she could talk to Mr. Patterson again.
Although not really an art show, it cinludes paintings and drawings by Ruskin and artists he admired, among them J.M.W. Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Although "own" is not really an accurate word.
Although she's not really camp, she's just totally sincere.
I have one last question, although it's not really a question.
Although it's not really your body, you feel your personal space being pressed and pushed at.
For brain cancer, doctors are encouraged, although they do not really know for sure whether Avastin helps.
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