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Actually

//ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li// adv, intj, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. modal, not-comparable

    "His promises did not correspond with what he actually did."

  2. 2
    Actively. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Neither actually […] nor passively."

  3. 3
    Currently; at the time. not-comparable

    "At the time whereof we are writing, though the Great George was on the throne and ladies wore gigots and large combs like tortoise-shell shovels in their hair, instead of the simple sleeves and lovely wreaths which are actually in fashion, the manners of the very polite world were not, I take it, essentially different from those of the present day: and their amusements pretty similar."

Adverb
  1. 1
    used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly wordnet
  2. 2
    in actual fact wordnet
  3. 3
    as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis wordnet
  4. 4
    at present wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Indicating affirmation, agreement. Philippines, informal

    "A: That was a pretty good movie."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.

Etymology 2

A calque of Tagalog talaga.

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