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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (4)

1. in actual fact;
- Example: "to be nominally but not actually independent"
- Example: "no one actually saw the shark"
- Example: "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
[syn: actually, really]

2. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly;
- Example: "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"
- Example: "she actually spoke Latin"
- Example: "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"
- Example: "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"
[syn: actually, in reality]

3. at the present moment;
- Example: "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

4. as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis;
- Example: "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"
- Example: "actually, I haven't seen the film"
- Example: "I'm not all that surprised actually"
- Example: "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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:
           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" [syn: 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"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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




The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ACTUALLY, adv.  Perhaps; possibly.