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being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"

taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"

taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

Involving or comprising action; active.

In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; - opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Involving or comprising action; active.

In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; - opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Existing in fact; real as opposed to merely possible; present.

Real, existent, active, not potential.

Real: existing in fact and now, as opp. to an imaginary or past state of things.

ACTUALLY.

ACTUALITY.

Something actual or real. "Not...actuals, but only Egyptian budget estimates."-Fort. Rev.

Real; existing.

Existing in fact; real.

Something real.

Real; existing in act or fact; existing at present.

Same etymon as active. That which acts immediately. A term usually restricted to the red-hot iron, or to heat in any form; in contradistinction to the potential or virtual, which is applied to caustics or escharotics.

Really in act, not merely potential; in act, not purely in speculation.