actually

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb in actual fact
adverb used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
adverb at the present moment

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

Because writing is actually permitted! — Dostoevsky, André Gide
By Jove, I actually believed that! — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
The man was actually hesitating, debating! — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)

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