{
  "id": "actually.real",
  "term": "actually",
  "sense": "real",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "arena": "lexicon",
  "domain": "adverb",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "in real fact",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "real.actual",
      "fact.truth"
    ],
    "interaction": "the real quality of something is presented as a fact",
    "novel_properties": [
      "emphatic verification",
      "contrast to expectation"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintained orbit at 400 km altitude until 2021 through periodic reboosts from attached thrusters.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The U.S. Constitution has operated continuously since 1789, amended 27 times to preserve function.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "E. coli cells divide every 20 minutes in optimal lab conditions, sustaining population growth.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "real.actual",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "authenticity.state"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "actually"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-actually.real"
}