Real is usually used as an adjective meaning "authentic." Do not use it in place of the adverbs very or really.
"Real life seems to have no plot."
- Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
Raul's forecasts turned out to be very [not real] accurate.
The controller was not really in control of that situation.
(From Write for Business, page 237, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 49)
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