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erm, actually

erm, actually is the alternative form of well actually.

Meaning of well actually

Noun

well actually (plural well actuallies)

  1. An unwarranted correction, often given in a condescending manner.
    • The well-actually crowd wants as much as everyone else to participate in the conversation. They want to be loved. But instead of rolling with the punches and participating in a brainstorm of ideas and exploding humor, they contribute interruptions, facts and details that merely produce stop energy...2011 February 7, Miguel de Icaza, “Well, Actually”, in tirania.org

Forms of erm, actually

pluralerm, actuallies

Questions about erm, actually

What is erm, actually the alternative form of?
Erm, actually is the alternative form of well actually.

Words near erm, actually in the dictionary

  1. Erlynne
  2. erm
  3. ERM protein
  4. ERM protein family
  5. ERM proteins
  6. erm, actually
  7. Erma
  8. ermagerd
  9. ermahgerd
  10. Erman
  11. Ermans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erm, actually (page history and authors); well actually (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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