adv.实际上；事实上；竟然（表示惊讶）

He seems to be doing nothing, but actually he is just biding his time. 他看上去无所事事，其实却在等待良机。

I actually won the lottery! 我居然中奖了！

参见：actual

actually有时意为"说来奇怪，但竟然这样。 I actually saw him yesterday.说来奇怪，我昨天竟然看见了他。

actually意为“真正地，事实上”，actual则是“真的，实际的”，他们可以被用来改错或者是解开误解。 The book says she died aged 47，but her actual age was 43。‘Hello,John.Nice to meet you.’‘Actually,my name's Andy.’

他们也可以用actual来把事情表达得更清楚，精确，或者是提供意想不到的信息。 I've got a new job.Actually,they've made me sales manager.

actual与actually有时会被错误使用，与present, current,now等词的意思混淆。注意actual没有“当前的，现在的”等义。 In 1900 the population of London was higher than its now.（NOT...than actually is）

英国人通常使用actually将坏消息断开来讲， ‘How did you get on with my car?'‘Well,actually,I'm terribly sorry,I'm afraid I had a crash.’