actually词源

actually (adv.)

early 15c., \"in fact, in reality\" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning \"actively, vigorously\" is from mid-15c.; that of \"at this time, at present\" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting \"as a matter of fact, really, in truth\" it is attested from 1762