actually

Adverb
  1. In actual fact (synset 400150568)
    "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
    same as: really
  2. Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated;
    Surprisingly (synset 400150196)
    "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "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"
    same as: in reality
  3. At the present moment (synset 400151061)
    "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"
  4. As a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis (synset 400150802)
    "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "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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