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Actually

adverb

In actual fact. Synonym: really. "No one actually saw the shark" , "Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly. Synonym: in reality. "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"

At the present moment.

As a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis. "Actually, I haven't seen the film" , "I'm not all that surprised actually" , "She hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"

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... badge could actually take the place of that one, and while Captain Clark would immediately advise headquarters of the loss, and order a new one, the brave little scout girl would still feel she had lost that one vested with ...

— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis

... realm. The scandalous details in John Bull attracted the public at once, and by the time it reached its sixth number, the circulation had risen to ten thousand, while the first five numbers were reprinted over and over again, and the first and second were actually stereotyped. But it began to be whispered about that Hook was the editor, whereupon he printed and signed a letter denying the rumor in the most indignant terms. This letter was supplemented by an editorial, from which the following is ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... softly, "that you believed me to be a real siren, and that my beauty and my singing actually did lure you to ...

— The Green Mouse • Robert W. Chambers

... rebels, but by a back flow of the river. The water was not more than forty feet across, but over eight feet deep. To cross this without boat or bridge was impossible, particularly under such a terrible fire as the rebels poured upon them in front and on both flanks. On the left the rebels were actually in their rear so far had the gallant fellows advanced. The slaughter was now becoming fearful. Colonel Finnegass at this juncture asked Captain Quinn if he could cross the water; Quinn called on volunteers to follow him. ...

— The Black Phalanx - African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the - War of 1812, and the Civil War • Joseph T. Wilson

... one, therefore, except Michu, looked into the past of this affair, which the community accepted as a simple matter. Marion, who had bought Gondreville for six hundred thousand francs in assignats, sold it for the value of a couple of million in coin; but the only payments actually made by Malin were for the costs of registration. Grevin, a seminary comrade of Malin, assisted the transaction, and the Councillor rewarded his help with the office of notary at Arcis. When the news of the sale reached the pavilion, brought ...

— An Historical Mystery • Honore de Balzac

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