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Actually Pronunciation

Pronounce Actually as AH K T UW AH L L Y.

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    Actually phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'actually'

    • Traditional IPA representation of actually: /æktuællj/
    • Modern IPA representation of actually: /æctʊællʌ/

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    List of meaning for actually

    actually, really(adverb)

    in actual fact

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

    actually, in reality(adverb)

    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"

    actually(adverb)

    at the present moment

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

    actually(adverb)

    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"

    to tell the truth

    actually, I'd rather spend the evening at home

    in actual fact

    I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt

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    actually in sentence

    1. For an assignment, each student had to write a response to a hypothetical scenario as though it had actually occurred.

    2. The ridiculous claim that the moon is made of cheese is guaranteed to make people laugh at you should you actually utter it.

    3. My readers thought my misuse of words was an accident, but the replacement was actually a catachresis.

    4. Despite all the evidence that the workers were becoming more dissatisfied and restive, the management refused to believe they would actually go on strike.

    5. I don’t know how Martha manages to be so easygoing and nonchalant even in this situation, where someone was actually trying to steal something from her.

    6. What was supposed to be soup was actually a motley concoction made of every item my wife had found in the cupboard.

    7. Although mules are stereotyped as stubborn creatures, they are actually sedulous animals who work tirelessly in almost any situation.

    8. Even though the bully is good at acting like a tough guy, he is actually just a sad and lonely kid.

    9. 5. Elena thinks her strapless dress is appropriate for the party, but it is actually too ostentatious for the somber event.

    10. Though the fruit smells nasty, it is actually delicious once you get past the scent.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term actually

    Some people suggest to us that we should actually be removing our nuclear deterrent. This has been a vital part of our national security and defence for nearly half a century, and it would be quite wrong for us to go down that particular path.

    – Prime Minister Theresa May

    Only two thirds of the doctors actually attended the training, and the session was pragmatically brief to fit in with the realities of busy clinicians.

    – Julie Leask

    Cost is a problem, there is concern on the part of many clinicians that if patients are reasonably stable and one starts a new medicine then they may become discouraged by the cost and actually stop taking medication.

    – Richard Chazal

    We're all very heartbroken (about the Paris attacks) so I don't know if somebody walking down the street just saw our name on the sign and kind of lost it for a moment and threw a rock through it, or if it was an ignorant person who actually thought this was a bookstore for terrorists, I don't know.

    – Karen Charboneau-Harrison

    What I'm most concerned about going forward is the integrity of the IAEA process: whether they question Iranian scientists, whether they actually have a meaningful inspection at the site of Parchin is more relevant than what they are going to learn. We know what the Iranians did at Parchin.

    – Chris Coons

    There is actually construction going on this week. When we open we will continue the construction to expand what's on the opening day menu, we have plenty of space to do that and we believe we've got willing partners... We think we will probably do that sooner rather than later.

    – Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger

    The whole thing could collapse like a house of cards if people actually begin connecting the dots.

    – Bob Costas

    There are people who were displaying their excessive love for their mother online till a couple of years back and have suddenly started this year eulogizing their father on social media, actually they belong to none but just using their parents to gain praise for self only.

    – Anuj Somany

    No private party is actually going to stump up the kind of money needed to create these things.

    – Jim Steer

    It’s still early but we plan on having new music as early as 2019, even while I’m on stage playing I can sort of map out ideas while I’m performing other songs; I can sort of see how I would write something. It’s weird, but when you get to a certain point on tour, you can write your grocery list while you’re on stage, so I was actually kind of writing some ideas in my head while I was performing.

    – Deryck Whibley

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