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ackshually

ackshually 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 ackshually

What is ackshually the eye dialect spelling of?
Ackshually is the eye dialect spelling of actually.

Words near ackshually in the dictionary

  1. acknowne
  2. acknows
  3. Ackroyd
  4. acks
  5. ackshly
  6. ackshually
  7. ackshully
  8. Ackton
  9. Ackworth
  10. Ackworths
  11. ACL

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