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actually

/ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/

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AK-chuh-lee: listen for ch after the opening k.

Actually can include extra light vowels in the middle: compare AK-chuh-lee with the fuller AK-choo-uh-lee. Keep the first syllable strongest in either version.

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The station was actually closer than we expected.

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What does actually mean?

adverb

  1. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
  2. Currently; at the time.

interjection

  1. (informal) Indicating affirmation, agreement.
More meanings (1)

adverb

  1. (obsolete) Actively.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈæk.ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/
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But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
The terrible danger in which Percy stood, now that he was actually on French soil, became suddenly and horribly clear to her.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
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And he actually stopped digging, threw his spade over his shoulder and walked off, without even glancing at her or saying good-by.
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret GardenProject Gutenberg ebook #113
That she should permit herself the indiscretion of actually intruding herself into his room had never so much as occurred to her.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
I discovered that my house actually had its site in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205