actually
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li/
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/ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li/ · /ˈæk.t͡ʃə.li/ · /ˈæk.ʃʊ.ə.li/ · /ˈæk.ʃə.li/ · /ˈæt͡ʃ.u.li/ (UK) · /ˈæt͡ʃ.ə.li/ (UK) · /ˈat͡ʃ.li/ (UK) · /ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/ · /ˈæk.ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/
Definition of actually
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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(modal, not-comparable)In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
“His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.”
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adv
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(modal, not-comparable)In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
“His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.”
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(not-comparable, obsolete)Actively.
“Neither actually […] nor passively.”
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(not-comparable)Currently; at the time.
“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.”
intj
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(Philippines, informal)Indicating affirmation, agreement.
“A: That was a pretty good movie.”
“B: Actually!”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.
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