Synonym: in reality, really. Similar words: actual, virtually, eventually, mutual, ritual, virtual, mutualism, annually. Meaning: ['æktʃʊəli] 
adv. 1. in actual fact 2. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly 3. as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis 4. at the present moment.
adv. 1. in actual fact 2. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly 3. as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis 4. at the present moment. 
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91. This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
92. I'm one of the few people who doesn't actually like champagne.
93. Surprising as it might seem, some tourists actually enjoy the British weather.
94. It gives you a sense of achievement if you actually make it to the end of a very long book.
95. Television may actually be distancing the public from the war.
96. Strangely enough, when it came to the exam I actually felt quite relaxed.
97. You actually like modern jazz, do you? Each to their own.
98. She told me he was actually very good in bed .
99. Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.
100. What you actually receive is net of deductions for the airfare and administration.
101. Although they look similar, these plants are actually quite distinct.
102. Actually, Gavin, it was Tuesday of last week, not Wednesday.
103. For the first time in three years, they actually had the luxury of a whole day together.
104. The policeman followed the thieves until they actually picked up the jewels, when he caught them in the act.
105. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
106. Actually I do have a few ideas up my sleeve.
107. Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff.
108. We don't actually need it on Tuesday, but if it arrives by then, so much the better.
109. Forty per cent of new titles were actually new editions of existing books.
110. It's one thing to say we have a goal; it's another to actually act on it.
111. You can't appreciate the true/sheer awfulness of war until you've actually experienced it.
112. The things she says bear little relation to what she actually does.
113. I was actually on time, which is unusual for me.
114. So Emma actually manages to juggle two small children and a full-time job, does she? Well, I take my hat off to her.
114. Wish you can benefit from sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
115. I didn't like him at first, but in the end I actually got quite fond of him.
116. Pete was so depressed after his girlfriend left him that I actually thought he was suicidal.
117. It is one thing to talk about 'involving the students'; it is quite another thing to actually do this.
118. By the same token , the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.
119. This model does not describe accurately the way a market economy actually functions.
120. He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.
More similar words: actual, virtually, eventually, mutual, ritual, virtual, mutualism, annually, sexually, gradually, manufacturer, manufacturing, practically, picture, lecture, situation, structure, structural, accentuate, architecture, annual, visual, casual, sexual, manual, unusual, qualify, as usual, infrastructure, casualty.