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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)
Actually \Ac"tu*al*ly\, adv.
1. Actively. [Obs.] "Neither actually . . . nor passively."
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 (wn)
actually
adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
{really}]
2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the
opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "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" [syn: {in
reality}]
3: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "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"
4: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the
picture that is actually on the air"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thes)
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "actually":
absolutely, assuredly, certainly, clearly, de facto, decidedly,
demonstrably, factually, for a certainty, for real, forsooth,
genuinely, historically, in actuality, in all conscience,
in effect, in fact, in reality, in truth, in very sooth, indeed,
indeedy, indubitably, literally, manifestly, nothing else but,
noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, patently,
positively, quite, really, really-truly, sensibly, seriously,
truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unmistakably,
verily, veritably, visibly, with truth, without doubt
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) (devils)
ACTUALLY, adv. Perhaps; possibly.
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