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The phrase "if not really" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a degree of uncertainty or to downplay a statement that follows.
Example: "I think he likes her, if not really in a romantic way."
Alternatives: "if not truly" or "if not genuinely".
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It is made more interesting, if not really a village, by its multiplicity of uses.
And finally there's John Paul Stevens, "respected by his colleagues, if not really known to them".
Structured like a mystery that taps many of the usual suspense beats, the story unwinds through dramatic reconstructions that show what happened, if not really why.
Andsnes's chamber-music playing is always worth hearing, and this is certainly an accomplished if not really outstanding account of Dvorak's best known chamber work.
Others were disgusted if not really surprised at evidence of double-talk by the leaders who are quoted in the cables.
"MFA vs NYC," according to the back cover, "brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors, publicists, and agents" so that they might explore, if not really square, the "two cultures of American fiction".
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Its not worth being popular if its not really you.
Or if your not really the poetry type, draw a master piece or just little doodles.
"If it's not really hard, if it might not blow up, it's not for us," says Weeks.
But what-ifs can't really be answered.
Even if it's not really a very sensible idea.
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