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Synonyms for ACTUALLY
ˈæk tʃu ə liac·tu·al·ly

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  1. actuallyadverb

    Synonyms:
    truthfully, in reality, really, literally

  2. actuallyadverb

    In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

    Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.

    Synonyms:
    in reality, really, literally, truthfully

  3. actuallyadverb

    actively

    Neither actually nor passively. Fuller.

    Synonyms:
    really, truthfully, literally, in reality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. actually

    Synonyms:
    verity, truly, decidedly, assuredly, positively

    Antonyms:
    potentially, hypothetically, theoretically

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  1. actually, reallyadverb

    in actual fact

    "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

    Synonyms:
    in truth, truly, genuinely, real, really, in reality, actually, very, rattling

  2. actually, in realityadverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    really, in reality, actually

  3. actuallyadverb

    at the present moment

    "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

    Synonyms:
    really, in reality

  4. actuallyadverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    really, in reality

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. actuallyadjective

    Synonyms:
    really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "actually":

    really, indeed, truly, genuinely, effectively, real, already, basically, even, virtually

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#174very
#212real
#270even
#472really
#732already
#1156actually
#2895indeed
#3478truly
#3750effectively
#5271basically
#6082virtually
#7921literally
#12409positively
#18014genuinely
#28607decidedly
#33034verity
#38141truthfully
#43415rattling
#46008assuredly

How to use ACTUALLY in a sentence?

  1. Steve Travis:

    The Keys are basically connected by a series of bridges so officials will have to inspect all of those bridges to make sure that they are still structurally sound for people to actually be able to come back to the Keys.

  2. Donald Trump:

    I would have done it much differently. I actually told Theresa May how to do it but Theresa May did n’t agree, Theresa May did n’t listen to me.

  3. Eric Dorfman:

    Alpha-1 is very rare, the average person goes to seven specialists before they actually discover that they have Alpha-1.

  4. Gregory Plemmons:

    We didn't look at completed suicides, and we didn't look at actual numbers of total suicides. All we actually could look at were those kids that were admitted to a children's hospital with a diagnosis of suicide ideation or a suicide attempt.

  5. Tamas Varga:

    Today hopefully will (tell us) if the relatively stable performance of the last two days is a correction, or the market actually is about to bottom out. From the technical perspective it is probably the former.


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