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Actually

adverb

In actual fact. Synonym: really. "No one actually saw the shark" , "Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly. Synonym: in reality. "She actually spoke Latin" , "They thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets" , "People who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"

At the present moment.

As a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis. "Actually, I haven't seen the film" , "I'm not all that surprised actually" , "She hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"

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"Actually" Quotes from Famous Books

... the telegram that was even then clicking out its message at Pretoria, there was a note of satisfaction in his whistle out of keeping with the execution actually done, as Nixey's Hotel came in sight with the Union Jack floating over it, denoting that all was well. That flagstaff, with its changing signals, was to dominate the popular pulse ere long. But in these days it merely denoted Staff Quarters, ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... her elevator, and walked down the Avenue toward Gramercy. It was still an hour from midnight. As he had hoped, Bedient was at the Club. The library was deserted, and they sat down in the big chairs by the open window. The only lights in the large room were those on the reading table. The quiet was actually ...

— Fate Knocks at the Door - A Novel • Will Levington Comfort

... "She may be actually dying at this moment, or it may just be the beginning of the break-up," persisted Emma, with a feeling of contempt for the slowness and dulness of ...

— Beasts and Super-Beasts • Saki

... Crow,—whose hat, minus the crown, had been driven over his head down upon his neck, where it remained like a dress cravat,—buffeting a mob of ragged vagabonds who had so completely metamorphosed the unfortunate man with mud and bruises that a committee of the grand lodge might actually have been ...

— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) • Charles Lever

... Peter, or his brother either. I only said that he's Lucy's cousin, and she's very fond of him, and I'm not keen on actually breaking with him. As to the brother, he's so much more of an ass than anything else that to call him a swindler is more than he deserves. He simply came here to-night to play the fool; he's no more sense than a silly ass ...

— The Lee Shore • Rose Macaulay

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