• adverb:   used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

  Example: "You may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"

• adverb:   in actual fact

  Example: "To be nominally but not actually independent"

• adverb:   as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis

  Example: "Actually, we all help clear up after a meal"

• adverb:   at the present moment

  Example: "The transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

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