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ackchyually

ackchyually is the eye dialect spelling of actually.

Meaning of actually

Adverb

actually (not comparable)

  1. (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
    • His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.
  2. (obsolete) Actively.
    • Neither actually […] nor passively.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  3. (obsolete or non-native speakers' English) 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...1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

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Questions about ackchyually

What is ackchyually the eye dialect spelling of?
Ackchyually is the eye dialect spelling of actually.

Words near ackchyually in the dictionary

  1. ack-ack
  2. ack-acks
  3. ackamarackus
  4. ackawi
  5. Ackawoi
  6. ackchyually
  7. acked
  8. ackee
  9. ackees
  10. ackempucky
  11. acker

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