actually
adverbeinterjectiontop 1 000 des dialogues de films
- Royaume-Uni//ˈæk(t)ʃᵿli//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈæk(t)ʃʊəli//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈæt͡ʃ.u.li//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈæt͡ʃ.ə.li//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈat͡ʃ.li//
In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
adverbe
- 1
In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.
- 2
obsolèteActively.
Neither actually […] nor passively.
- 3
Currently; at the time.
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.
Étymologie
From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.
interjection
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familierIndicating affirmation, agreement.
A: That was a pretty good movie.
B: Actually!
Étymologie
A calque of Tagalog talaga.
actually · In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
acute · Brief, quick, short.ad · Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the…Ada · A female given name from the Germanic languages.