actually

pronunciation

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  • Adverb:
    in actual fact
    used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
    as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis
    at the present moment

Word Origin

actually (adv.)
early 15c., "in fact, in reality" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning "actively, vigorously" is from mid-15c.; that of "at this time, at present" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting "as a matter of fact, really, in truth" it is attested from 1762.

Example

1. What will you actually do ?
2. Some people actually cough up the larvae .
3. You can actually get more for less .
4. This detail actually has no significance .
5. None actually slows the underlying neurodegeneration .

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