actually
intjEtymology A calque of Tagalog talaga.
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Philippines, Informal Indicating affirmation, agreement.
- A: That was a pretty good movie.
- B: Actually!
actually
advUK /ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li/ · CA, US /ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/
Etymology From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.
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Modal In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
- His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.
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Obsolete Actively.
- Neither actually […] nor passively.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
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Currently; at the time.
Obsolete or non-native speakers' English
- At the time whereof we are writing, though the Great George was on the throne and ladies wore gigots and large combs like tortoise-shell shovels in their hair, instead of the simple sleeves and lovely wreaths which are actually in fashion, the manners of the very polite world were not, I take it, essentially different from those of the present day: and their amusements pretty similar.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Synonyms
44 terms
above a bit, actually, all things considered, as a matter of fact, by right, certainly, come to think of it, de facto, definitely, de jure, fact is, forsooth, frankly, honestly, in actuality, in all honesty, indubitably, in fact, in faith, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, indeed, legitimately, literally, not gonna lie, properly, really, right, simply, soothfast, soothly, surely, to be frank, to be honest, TBH, tbh, to tell the truth, truly, truthfully, undoubtedly, verily, very much, wis- Antonyms
- figuratively, metaphorically, ostensibly, virtually
- Derived terms
- exactually, well actually
- Related terms
- if I'm honest, tell the truth, tell you the truth, facts, trufax, if truth be told, true that, true dat, truth be told, truth to tell, genuine