- as an actual fact; really
- (as sentence modifier): actually, I haven't seen him
- at present
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ac•tu•al•ly
(ak′cho̅o̅ ə lē),USA pronunciation adv.
- as an actual or existing fact;
really.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see actual, -ly
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actually /ˈæktʃʊəlɪ/ adv
'actually' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bastard
- bluff
- brother
- bulrush
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- drumhead
- effect
- experience
- Five Towns
- flesh
- gamesmanship
- indeed
- irony
- law of averages
- materialize
- matter of fact
- mime
- officially
- ongoing
- operational
- penetration
- Potemkin
- prochronism
- quasi-
- real presence
- reality
- residence
- scarecrow
- share premium
- sic
- Sisyphean
- sophistry
- specious
- T-number
- uptime
- urban myth
- usage
- war game
- working week
- A, a
- aridity index
- attested form
- audible
- bad
- belligerency
- Biedermeier
- Breed's Hill
- circle
- conception
- contain