actual
— Adjective
– English
~ taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
actual
— Adjective
– English
~ presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
actual
— Adjective
– English
~ being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
actual
— Adjective
– English
~ existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
actually
— Adverb
– English
~ 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"
actually
— Adverb
– English
~ in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
actually
— Adverb
– English
~ at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"
actually
— Adverb
– English
~ 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"