• 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";
• in actual fact; "to be nominally but not Actually independent"; "no one Actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites Actually come from the asteroid belt"
• 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"
• at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is Actually on the air"

'Actually' in other languages