actual
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Is actual a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practicalExamples: "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."not-comparable
2. (now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current.Examples: "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!"Synonyms: presentarchaicnot-comparable
noun (English)
1. an actual, real one; notably:countableuncountable
2. an actual, real one; notably:Examples: "Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over."countableuncountable
3. (uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.Examples: "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."uncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary