Antonyms for actually
ˈæk tʃu ə liac·tu·al·ly

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1. actuallyadverb

   Synonyms:
   truthfully, in reality, really, literally

2. actuallyadverb

   In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

   Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.

   Synonyms:
   in reality, really, literally, truthfully

3. actuallyadverb

   actively

   Neither actually nor passively. Fuller.

   Synonyms:
   really, truthfully, literally, in reality

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1. actually

   Antonyms:
   potentially, hypothetically, theoretically

   Synonyms:
   verity, truly, decidedly, assuredly, positively

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1. actually, reallyadverb

   in actual fact

   "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

   Synonyms:
   in truth, truly, genuinely, real, really, in reality, very, rattling

2. actually, in realityadverb

   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"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"

   Synonyms:
   really, in reality

3. actuallyadverb

   at the present moment

   "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

   Synonyms:
   really, in reality

4. actuallyadverb

   as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis

   "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"

   Synonyms:
   really, in reality

How to use actually in a sentence?

1. Catharine MacKinnon:

   They used to say when we started out working on sexual harassment that actually, no this wasn't sexual harassment, this was women sleeping their way to the top, and one day I said, 'Well, there are almost no women at the top', so apparently it doesn't work very well'.

2. James Johnson:

   Consumers are entitled to make choices about a variety of things and many consumers are very concerned about climate change. And so for the oil companies to tell them one thing, when the truth is actually another... when every single purchase and use of gasoline actually contributes to the greenhouse emissions that lead to climate change, well that's wrong, and it has to be stopped.

3. Jim Womack:

   There's a pretty high correlation between Elon Musk announcing a new sort of Rube Goldberg activities and the lack of anything else to report that investors might actually be interested in.

4. Patrick Honohan:

   There's been resistance from different sources. We are trying to see what can we do to achieve the goals of what we set out, are there any elements that need to be re-looked at? the final decision will be taken on this in the coming days and I wouldn't like to anticipate that, I'm not the only decision maker. I'm hoping my views will actually prevail, I'm sure they will probably.

5. Captain Barton:

   The Dreamliner and the A350 were actually designed to have the technology in it going forward to be able to have remote control intervention between the pilot and the ground or if an emergency were to happen in the air.

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