actually
IPA: ˈæktʃuʌɫi
adverb
- (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
- (obsolete) Actively.
- (obsolete) Currently; at the time.
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Examples of "actually" in Sentences
- He is not a snob actually.
- Is wanderlust actually a borrowing
- It's actually used by the forecasters.
- Actually Cossack is really a homograph.
- Actually this was the best of the bunch.
- Actually, the actual perihelion varies by hundreds of km.
- Really, only the first sentence is actually about the history of the gyroscope.
- Oh, wait, such content is actually very difficult to find, according to anyone who * actually* knows anything about it.
- The “actually” operator in modal logic is supposed to mirror the behavior of the English adverb ˜actually™ and adjective ˜actual™ in the examples below:
- Even though they pointed out the word actually translates as "Vaporize," the Russians still had a good laugh because I think they understood where we were coming from.
- 'The phrase actually translates as "this place is awe-inspiring", terribilis in an Old Testament sense rather than "terrible" in a modern sense, but you can imagine how it's been interpreted.'
- If the Cons do a volte-face and actually...*actually* put out policies to do national good, then kicking, screaming or otherwise, they were forced into it by the opposition parties standing up and booting them in the ass.
- not that the site is actually like that, and not that you *actually* believe that climate science is valid, and the only reason you oppose political action is because of minor, inconsequential, hypothetical, unproven problems that you admit are probably meaningless.
- "Making Plans for Lena" (the French title actually translates as "No, My Girl, You Won't Go Dancing"), the beautiful Chiara Mastroianni -- she's the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni -- plays a recovering divorcee who hides out at her family's place in the country while deciding if she can manage her two kids on her own.
- There are situations in which I take the lead and I protect him (mostly that’s for emotional stuff rather than physical though) thinking about this is quite disturbing actually to realise just how much pressure I must be putting on him to PROTECT me to TAKE CARE of me to LEAD – yeah I think I need to be dealing with that actually good job I started writing this eh?