actual
Definitions
adj
relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
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.
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion
The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.
in action at the time being; now existing; current.
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.
To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation!
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
[H]ow the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
noun
an actual, real one; notably:
an actual, real one; notably:
Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.
Reality, usually with the definite article.
There was that desolate air about the chamber which is peculiar to an ill-furnished London room: cities need luxuries, were it only to conceal the actual.