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English Dictionary: Actually by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): actually, 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"
    Synonym(s): actually, in reality
  3. at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"
  4. 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Actually \Ac"tu*al*ly\, adv.
      1. Actively. [Obs.] [bd]Neither actually . . . nor
            passively.[b8] --Fuller.
  
      2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
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