actually
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
actually
adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
{actually}, {really}]
2: 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" [syn: {actually}, {in reality}]
3: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the
picture that is actually on the air"
4: 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"
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "actually":
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,
indeedy, indubitably, literally, manifestly, nothing else but,
noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, patently,
positively, quite, really, really-truly, sensibly, seriously,
truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unmistakably,
verily, veritably, visibly, with truth, without doubt
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