Actually

[adv] 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"
[adv] in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
[adv] 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"
[adv] at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

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Synonyms

in reality, really

Related Terms

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, indeed