Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACTUALITY

n.Reality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACTUALITY

Ac `tu *al "i *ty, n.; pl. Actualities.

 

Defn: The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

actuality

ac tu al i ty |ˌakCHo͞oˈalitē æktʃuˈæləti | ▶noun ( pl. actualities ) actual existence, typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed: the building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines | a mission was sent to investigate the actuality of the situation. • (actualities ) existing conditions or facts: the grim actualities of prison life. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘activeness ’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical, ’ from actus (see act ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

actuality

ac ¦tual |ity |aktjʊˈalɪti, -tʃʊ -| ▶noun ( pl. actualities ) [ mass noun ] the state of existing in reality: the building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines. • (actualities ) existing conditions or facts: the grim actualities of prison life. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘activity ’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical ’, from actus (see act ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

actuality

actuality noun it's hard to tell actuality from fiction: reality, fact, truth, real life. PHRASES in actuality in actuality, she's not my daughter —she's my wife: in (actual ) fact, actually, really, in reality, in point of fact, in truth, if truth be told, to tell the truth; as a matter of fact; archaic in sooth.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

actuality

actuality noun dissatisfaction occurs when actuality falls short of expectation: reality, fact, truth, the real world, real life, existence, living. PHRASES in actuality the journey seemed a thousand miles though in actuality it was only five: really, in fact, in actual fact, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, in reality, actually, in truth, if truth be told, to tell the truth; dated indeed, truly; archaic in sooth, verily; rare in the concrete.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

actuality

ac tu al i ty /æ̀ktʃuǽləti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U 現実 (性 )▸ (but ) in actuality (しかしながら )現実には 2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗現状, 実情 .