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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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