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Meaning of actually

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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:
             {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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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