Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Actually \Ac"tu*al*ly\, adv.
   1. Actively. [Obs.] ``Neither actually . . . nor passively.''
      --Fuller.

   2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Source : WordNet®

actually
     adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
            independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
            meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
             {really}]
     2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the
        opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually
        be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually
        spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in
        reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem
        stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous" [syn: {in
        reality}]
     3: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we
        all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen
        the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she
        hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"
     4: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the
        picture that is actually on the air"