Actual

/ˈækʃuəl/ · adjective

Meaning

(chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical.

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
2. Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
3. (now rare or non-native speakers' English) in action at the time being; now existing; current.
4. Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
5. an actual, real one; notably:
6. (uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.

Example Sentences

In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?

Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is […] by a special prayer or action, […] given to God.

Apparently, the holy Doctor was referring to actual, rather than original, sin; yet the basis of his argument for Mary's holiness, the divine maternity, would logically lead to the conclusion that she was free from original sin also.

the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion

The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.

If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.

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