English English Dictionary

actually in English:

1. in fact

In fact, I am completely against your suggestion.

English word "actually"(in fact) occurs in sets:

Fixed phrases INTERCAMBIOIDIOMASONLINE

2. really

Really?

You're really absent-minded.

My wife's constant nagging really gets on my nerves.

It was really considerate of you to lend me $500 when I was in difficulties.

Something in his face really reminded me of an old boyfriend of mine.

You should really lay off that. It'll ruin your health.

I like this picture, not just because it is famous, but because it really is a masterpiece.

I'm really out of it today. It must be because of my fever.

Tom was afraid of getting in trouble if he told Mary where he had really been.

Could you lower your voice please? I'm really hung over.

You're really handy, aren't you? Don't you think you'd make a good house-husband?

This time I stayed for the first time in a private villa, and it was really quite something.

Your diet is going to be really unbalanced if all you eat is hamburgers.

Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.

He doesn't like tennis much, but he really gets carried away with football.

3. act

Act faster!

On the other hand, when public officials act wrongly, Americans feel a responsibility to protest.

If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.

The act known as terrorism, that rips away from us in an instant our peaceful days of happiness, is certainly worthy of being called an enemy to all mankind.

Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted.

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.

Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.

There is no act which Christianity forbids, that the law will not reach: if it were otherwise, Christianity would not be, as it has always been held to be, part of the law of England.

The reformed Labour Standards Act will be in force from Jan 1st 2004.

Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

Argument continues about the "White collar exemption" that exempts specific white collar workers from the "8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours a week," working hours fixed by the Labour Standards Act.

The act of flying consumer drones ranges from pretty easy to fiendishly difficult.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

4. actually

actually -

You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.

Shanghainese is actually a kind of pidgin, based on Wu dialects, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and English loanwords.

Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.

Day by day and month by month, Internet technology is growing. Actually, make that second by second and minute by minute.

His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is quite a long word, isn't it? "Yes, but do you know what it means?" "Actually, I don't." "It means fear of long words." "How ironic."

Actually, and I need to keep this quiet, but recently here there's a rumour that young women on this beach are having photos taken in secret of them.

Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.

We need to distinguish what a sentence could mean from what it actually does mean when used by one particular speaker on one particular occasion.

Do you actually believe that fairies exist? (Czy ty rzeczywiście wierzysz, że wróżki istnieją?) Did she actually break up with him? (Czy ona faktycznie z nim zerwała?)

She sounds English but she's actually Spanish. Did you actually meet the president? "You didn't tell me." "Actually, I did." "Do you mind if I smoke?" "Actually, I'd rather you didn't."

English word "actually"(actually) occurs in sets:

Pronunciation ⭐

5. as the truth of a situation

English word "actually"(as the truth of a situation) occurs in sets:

Most common adverbs

6. actual

That is an actual fact.

The actual cost was higher than the estimate.

Are you talking about actual danger?

Those were his actual words.

Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.

He has retired, but he is still an actual leader.

Can you imagine how many Lincoln Logs it would take to build an actual shelter?

In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.

Even after being approved, difficulties might arise in the actual construction of the line.

What are your actual reasons?

Film Shakespeare has got me intrested in the actual Shakespeare itself.

His actual intention was to call her.

Getting your thoughts organized beforehand makes writing the actual essay much quicker and easier, since you know what direction you're going in.

The image they create in our mind does not necessarily correspond with the actual colour.

The wedding preparations take weeks but the actual ceremony takes less than an hour.

other words beginning with "A"

activity in English
actor in English
actress in English
add in English
addiction in English
addictive in English