Actually
Actually adverb - In actual fact.
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Necessarily and actually are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessarily" instead an adverb "Actually".
Necessarily
Necessarily adverb - Because of necessity.
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Synonyms for Necessarily
Actually and necessarily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actually" instead an adverb "Necessarily".
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Related pairs
- really and actually
- really and necessarily
- truly and actually
- truly and necessarily
- quite and actually
- quite and necessarily
- positively and actually
- positively and necessarily
- definitely and actually
- definitely and necessarily
- certainly and actually
- certainly and necessarily
- in effect and actually
- in effect and necessarily
Both words in one sentence
- He's not necessarily happy about the demotion, but he is happy to actually be doing something about the defectors, so he follows your orders well enough.
Source: Quickly Demoted Leader -
Actually Four Mooks: Outside combat, wandering monsters are depicted as only a single creature (not necessarily the most powerful one).
- Which actually works fairly well, considering that none of the original endings could necessarily be considered 'bad' in comparison to the others, just different.
Source: No Canon for the Wicked
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