adverb
definition
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
example
Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.
definition
Actively.
Examples of actually in a Sentence
Had anyone actually told her that or had she merely assumed it?
Her eyes actually were filled with tears.
Was he actually avoiding conversation with his father?
So the party was actually for him, not both of them.
For a moment Dulce actually looked sympathetic.
He actually flat-out stated it.
They can actually talk!
The tax rate is actually much higher.
The man who has actually paid for his farm with labor on it is so rare that every neighbor can point to him.
Actually, it was how my family always celebrated Christmas.
Somehow it actually felt good.
Chad's next job will actually pay more than $10 an hour.
It was the first time Carmen had seen Alondra actually laugh.
Was this surrogacy actually an attempt to get an heir?
Was she actually enjoying the exchange?
Actually, Dulce had been disrespectful with every look and word.
I was actually afraid that I might by that time be doing what is called a good business.
Actually, she'd rather get a room than stay in the house.
Tears actually moistened his cheeks.
How can it be said that trade actually generates wealth?
Making swords actually paid better or at least as well as making plowshares.
She felt the attention before she actually saw it.
Was he actually concerned about the fact that she might have been killed, or that his hideout might have been discovered in a search for her body?
Learned military authorities quite seriously tell us that Kutuzov should have moved his army to the Kaluga road long before reaching Fili, and that somebody actually submitted such a proposal to him.
The illustrative strings and the orange stick representing the poles seemed so real that even to this day the mere mention of temperate zone suggests a series of twine circles; and I believe that if any one should set about it he could convince me that white bears actually climb the North Pole.
But if the aim of the battle was what actually resulted and what all the Russians of that day desired--to drive the French out of Russia and destroy their army--it is quite clear that the battle of Tarutino, just because of its incongruities, was exactly what was wanted at that stage of the campaign.
Even identical twins, thought until recently to have identical DNA, actually have slightly different DNA.
It isn't just that we can communicate better but that we actually relate to each other better.
It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips;--not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself.
Machines can actually do a very limited palette of things.
I require of a visitor that he be not actually starving, though he may have the very best appetite in the world, however he got it.
Was it actually true?
They actually sided with him.
Not that any of it actually mattered.
You're actually getting help?
Who would have thought he would actually clip the umbilical cord?
Granted, that's a step in the right direction but we still wouldn't know if the scene Howie saw actually occurred.
Every day in imagination I made a trip round the world, and I saw many wonders from the uttermost parts of the earth--marvels of invention, treasuries of industry and skill and all the activities of human life actually passed under my finger tips.
Those same stars twinkle over other fields than these.--But how to come out of this condition and actually migrate thither?
And they actually say he is not honest and takes bribes.
We... actually, I... was thinking about adopting a few wild horses from out west where they have too many.
Actually, I would have thought it was a lot more - but then, he did pay cash for the house and clinic.
On the other hand, Alex needed to be in a position where he was forced to actually talk to his father.
Actually, it wasn't romance she was looking for.
In fact, Giddon was actually pleasant and entertaining.
Actually, I haven't had enough to do around here lately.
She wasn't actually tired, but reading was relaxing.
She caught her breath, realizing for the first time that he was actually an attractive man.
Could this actually be Cade?
Occasionally they ran across small herds of cattle and she began to realize how large his ranch actually was.