Actually

Definition

actual /'æktʃuǝl / adj တကယ့္။ အမွန္တကယ္။ What were his actual words? ❍ The actual cost was much higher than we had expected. ❍ The preparations for a wedding take weeks though the actual ceremony lasts less than an hour. ❍ He looks younger than his wife, but in actual fact he is several years older. ❏ your actual [ IDM ] ( infml ) တကယ့္။ အစစ္။ This ring wasn't cheap, you know. It's your actual silver. ❏ actually /'æktʃuǝli / adv ၁။ အကယ္စင္စစ္။ တကယ္။ The people who actually did the work were not mentioned. ❍ What did he actually say? ❍ Actually, I'm busy at the moment—can I phone you back? ၂။ တကယ္။ တကယ့္ကို။ He actually expected me to pay for his ticket. ❍ She not only entered the competition—she actually won it!

Examples

1. The actual number of people killed is not yet known.
2. We don’t know her actual date of birth.
3. How does your department’s actual performance compare with your plan and budget?
4. The actual situation was quite different.
5. The play is based on actual events.
6. Do you have any actual experience of catering work?
7. All I have to do now is write the actual letter.