actually
adverb/ˈæktʃuəli/
Frequency rank: #251 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
In fact; in reality.
Example sentence
She thought the movie was boring, but it was actually quite exciting.
Synonyms & related words
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