actually

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

Synonyms

• reallyin accordance with truth or fact or reality; in actual fact; in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); used as intensifiers

• "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

• in realityused to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated

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

• "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"