actually

Examples

• All

• And I think that's actually a good thing, right?

• You know, I actually kind of like the look.

• And I, you know, I actually enjoyed law school.

  Rich Roll

• We might not know that they were actually good friends.

• My goal is actually to make them like it.

  Rich Roll

• Now that actually feels like a nice option.

• The soft skills are actually the hard skills.

• With you, we can actually win this thing.

  I'm Not Gay : A Musical (2023)

• Remember, the part of the conversation I actually liked?

  Bloodletting (1997)

• I am not actually sorry.

  Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Synonyms

R

really

vsactually

∞ 1.0

Shows that something is true or certain

adds a stronger sense of surprise or contradiction to that affirmation

I

indeed

vsactually

∞ 1.0

To emphasize and agree that something is true

often highlights an unexpected truth rather than simple confirmation

I

in fact

vsactually

∞ 1.0

Shows that something is true, often when it is different from what was said

is used especially to stress something surprising or contradictory

T

truly

vsactually

∞ 1.0

In a real and honest way

leans more toward signaling a surprising or opposing truth

H

honestly

vsactually

691 1.1

Said when you want to stress that you really mean what you say

focuses less on speaker sincerity and more on surprising factual contrast

A

as a matter of fact

vsactually

345 3.0

To say that something is true, often when it is surprising

tends to be used more for surprising or unexpected corrections

T

the fact is

vsactually

207 3.3

Says what is really true to correct a wrong idea

is used more directly to stress unexpected or opposing facts

I

in reality

vsactually

190 3.3

Shows what is true rather than how things appear

is stronger for marking surprise or contradiction in speech

I

in truth

vsactually

84 3.8

Actually, what is said is true even if people think otherwise

adds a sense of surprise or contradiction to that straightforward claim

I

in point of fact

vsactually

6 5.6

Shows that something is true despite what people thought

focuses more on surprising contradiction than formal contrast

V

veritably

vsactually

• Formal

1 6.7

To show strongly that something is true

is more commonly used to mark surprise or contradiction

How Factual

undeniably

29 4.4

actually

∞ 1.0

factually

33 4.1

plausibly

9 6.3

apparently

∞ 2.8

speculatively

1 6.7

imaginatively

2 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology