Synonyms for actually

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ak-choo-uh-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk tʃu ə li

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Définition of actually

Origin : early 15c., "in fact, in reality" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning "actively, vigorously" is from mid-15c.; that of "at this time, at present" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting "as a matter of fact, really, in truth" it is attested from 1762.

adj truly real, existent

Example sentences :

To the disgust of the latter, Robert actually had the presumption to walk home with Hester.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

He has the soul of a merchant tailor, actually, but not the tailor's manhood.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

In some countries it actually took the place of the old tribal dialect.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The picture is almost comic in its incongruity with what actually is.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

They all laughed, not boisterously, actually an appreciative laugh.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

And he had actually given that ring into the keeping of this girl!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Some of them, I have been given to understand, were actually in the pocket of her coat.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It is a solemn fact that in this greater excitement he had actually forgotten it!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

It was impossible to persuade Wellington that he was beaten until he actually was beaten.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

And even this is a dangerous simplification of what actually occurs.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

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