Etimology
From Middle English actualy, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.
adverb
actually (not comparable)
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
(obsolete) Actively.
(obsolete) Currently; at the time.
Examples
His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.
Neither actually […] nor passively.
At the time whereof we are writing, though the Great George was on the throne and ladies wore gigots and large combs like tortoise-shell shovels in their hair, instead of the simple sleeves and lovely wreaths which are actually in fashion, the manners of the very polite world were not, I take it, essentially different from those of the present day: and their amusements pretty similar.
Related words
synonyms
(in act or in fact): as a matter of fact, in reality, literally, really, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:actually