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actually, adv.|ˈæktjuːəlɪ|
[f. actual a. + ly2.]
†1. In a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively. Obs.
1587Golding De Mornay v. 50 Now, this vnderstanding is actualle [? read -alie] euerlasting, (that is..in deede) and euerlastingly actuall, (that is..doing). 1651Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 219 Christ shall come..to judge the world, and actually to governe his owne people. 1660T. Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 135/1 Those who offend actually, are most grievously punished.
†2. Actively, energetically. Obs.
1470–85Malory Morte d' Arth. (1816) I. 137 Then on foot they drew their swords, and did full actually.
3. In act or fact; as opposed to possibly, potentially, theoretically, ideally; really, in reality.
1587Golding De Mornay xv. 232 This minde..hath being and continuance actually and of it selfe, and euen when it is seperated from the body. 1608Sir H. Wotton in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 261 II. 99 He was heere..actually a Senator. 1775J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. (1841) 365 Every substance that actually is, by actually being that thing, actually is not any other. A piece of brass, for example, actually is not an oak. 1782Priestley Matter & Spirit I. Pref. 15, I would have every man write as he actually feels. 1868Geo. Eliot F. Holt 19 She..sat with a fixed look, seeing nothing that was actually present. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 52 The rates of interest actually paid in business vary very much.
4. As a present fact, at present, for the time being.
1663Gerbier Counsel 60 Workmen, actually employed in every work. 1699Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 567 The Turks have actually evacuated Camineec. 1832Hallam Const. Hist. Eng. I. 507 The impeachment of the earl of Middlesex, actually lord treasurer of England. Mod. The party actually in power.
5. As a matter of fact, in truth, truly; indeed; even. Not said of the objective reality of the thing asserted, but as to the truthfulness of the assertion and its correspondence with the thing; hence added to vouch for statements which seem surprising, incredible, or exaggerated: ‘He has actually sent the letter after all.’
1762Goldsm. Cit. W. cxix. (1837) 463, I had some dispositions to be a scholar and had actually learned my letters. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §33, 124 And this principle will be actually found, I believe, to guide the old workmen. 1863Kemble Resid. Georgia 22 This woman actually imagines that there will be no slaves in heaven. 1878G. Macdonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. vii. 121, I actually found the door standing open. |