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Definitions
Real, existing, or factual.
Word origin
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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