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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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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does actually mean?
adverb
- In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
- Currently; at the time.
interjection
- (informal) Indicating affirmation, agreement.
More meanings (1)
adverb
- (obsolete) Actively.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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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.
The terrible danger in which Percy stood, now that he was actually on French soil, became suddenly and horribly clear to her.
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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.
That she should permit herself the indiscretion of actually intruding herself into his room had never so much as occurred to her.
I discovered that my house actually had its site in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe.