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- Definition
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- actually :in actual fact
- to be nominally but not actually independent|no one actually saw the shark|large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt
- actually :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
- actually :at the present moment
- the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air
- actually :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