actuality
noun
[ aktʃʊˈalɪti ]
• the state of existing in reality.
• "the building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines"
Similar:
reality,
fact,
truth,
the real world,
real life,
existence,
living,
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,
indeed,
truly,
in sooth,
verily,
in the concrete,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus (see act).
