actually
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in actual fact
to be nominally but not actually independent
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
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
Sense 3 adverb
at the present moment
the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air
Sense 4 adverb
as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis
actually, we all help clear up after a meal
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | real |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | factual |