actually

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "His promises did not correspond with what he actually did."
• "Neither actually […] nor passively."
• "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."

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