Word definition: actually

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

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