3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Actually \Ac"tu*al*ly\, adv
1. Actively. [Obs.] ``Neither actually . . . nor passively.''
--Fuller.
2. In act or in fact really; in truth; positively.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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:
{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: {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 THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ACTUALLY, adv Perhaps; possibly.
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