An adverb for when you're not exaggerating

I want to say,

Your situation is, without exaggerating, more severe than mine.

However, I want to replace "without exaggerating" with an adverb. Something like "undoubtedly".

Now I know the word "unexaggeratedly" has not been born yet, and that I can always use the same sentence I mentioned above, but I love using adverbs in this fashion. I'm curious to know if there's an antonym for the word "exaggeratedly".

Update

I absolutely appreciate anyone taking time to answer and comment. I read the answers, and I accepted @Boneist's answer. But then I thought, that actually doesn't answer my question. I needed a single word (an adverb in this case) to state and refute the idea of exaggeration.

unarguably means:

it cannot be argued
unquestionably means:

not questionable

Both of these do not refute exaggeration.

Same goes for other answers as well, namely, the most up-voted answer so far by @Ubi hatt:

actually means:

As the truth or facts of a situation; really.

It has nothing to do with exaggeration!

Now, I don't want to invent words (i.e. unexaggeratedly, as suggested by @Toothrot). But maybe that's the only option?

Solution 1:

There are couple of good suggestion already given to you. I will add my bit as well. I'd like to suggest the word actually.

Actually (adverb) _{Oxford Dictionary}

As the truth or facts of a situation; really.

That this situation continues and is actually getting worse is simply not good enough

So, your sentence can be rewritten as follows:

Your situation is actually more severe than mine.

UPDATE:

Etymologically exaggeration means "unreasonable or extravagant amplification," 1560s, from Latin exaggerationem.

Further, exaggeratedly is an adverb of the noun exaggeration. According to Oxford dictionary "exaggeration" means "a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is" i.e. a statement or an idea presented in a blowout proportion.

So, something representing opposite to exaggerated should be unexaggerated which in-fact means: Not exaggerated, overblown, or unrealistic.

But, we know that the adverb unexaggeratedly (which you are looking for) does not exist.

So, in that case the idea representing something as "without exaggerating" or not overblown or unrealistic should be actual. Actual according to Oxford dictionary means "Existing in fact; real". An adverb of the word actual is actually. It means "truth or facts of a situation" i.e. something represented without exaggeration.

Solution 2:

I would use

literally

: in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression

// He took the remark literally.

Here's an example from Reverso.context.net:

"Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate."

According to Oxford English Dictionary:

In its standard use literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a non-literal or exaggerated sense’, as for example in "I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally."

Solution 3:

Saying "your situation is, undoubtedly, more severe than mine" would mean that there is absolutely no doubt that your friend's situation is more severe than yours. The meaning of this adverb is pretty straightforward. It simply means without doubt or certainly. It's a very common, everyday word.

Solution 4:

I would use simply:

[Merriam-Webster]
1 a : without ambiguity : CLEARLY
1 b : without embellishment : PLAINLY
1 c : DIRECTLY, CANDIDLY
2 a : SOLELY, MERELY
// eats simply to keep alive
// simply cleaned it up and went to bed
— Garrison Keillor
2 b : REALLY, LITERALLY
// the concert was simply marvellous
—often used as an intensive
// simply crawling with geniuses
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

As you can see, there are a lot of synonyms for simply. Of those, I think that both clearly and plainly would also be good choices for your sentence.