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Definition: Factually |
FactuallyAdverb1. As a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that factually that's true. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Civil Liberties | Syria | The media covered some peace process events factually, but other events were reported selectively to buttress official views. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Factually" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Factually" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "factually"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | faktikisht (actually, as a matter of fact, factitive, in fact, in point of fact). (various references) | |
Arabic | في الواقع (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, by sheer force, de facto, fundamentally, in effect, in fact, indeed, rather, reality, really, truly, truth), في الحقيقة (actually, as a matter of fact, honestly, in effect, in point of fact). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фактически (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, factual, in fact, morally, practical, practically, really, substantial, virtual, virtually). (various references) | |
Chinese | 事实上. (various references) | |
Czech | fakticky (in point of fact, really). (various references) | |
Danish | sager,der vedrører samme emne (factually related items), sager,der har forbindelse med samme emne (factually related items). (various references) | |
Dutch | inhoudelijk samenhangende onderwerpen (factually related items). (various references) | |
French | exact dans les faits. (various references) | |
German | sachliche. (various references) | |
Greek | τεκμηριωμένα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עוב"תית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ténylegesen (de facto, effectively, in deed, in reality). (various references) | |
Italian | questioni collegate fra loro (factually related items). (various references) | |
Korean | 사실 으로. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actuallyfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pontos que possuam uma relação factual comum (factually related items), pontos que possuam uma base factual comum (factually related items). (various references) | |
Russian | фактически (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, de facto, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, practically, practically speaking, virtually). (various references) | |
Spanish | según los hechos, objetivamente (objectively). (various references) | |
Swedish | faktiskt (actually, honestly, in fact, in point of fact, indeed, really, virtually), i verkligheten (in fact, in point of fact). (various references) | |
Turkish | gerçekle ilgili surette. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Factually" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: factuakl, factuly, fractally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "factually" (pronounced fa"kkhuwulē) |
| 7 | -a" k kh uw u l ē | contractually. |
| 6 | -k kh uw u l ē | intellectually. |
| 5 | -kh uw u l ē | conceptually, habitually, mutually, perpetually, virtually. |
| 4 | -uw u l ē | annually, continually, gradually, individually, manually, semiannually, sexually. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, sequentially, serenely, severally, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-l-l-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: actually. | |
-2 letters: catfall, factual, faculty, fallacy, fatally. | |
-3 letters: actual, cullay, facula, faucal, faulty, flatly. | |
-4 letters: allay, alula, calla, cully, fatal, fatly, fault, fluty, fluyt, fully, tally. | |
-5 letters: acta, acyl, alfa, ally, calf, call, caul, clay, cull, cult, fact, fall, flat, flay, full, lacy, tala, talc, tall, tufa, yuca. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-l-l-t-u-y" | |
+4 letters: facultatively, faunistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 63 74 75 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a c t u a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0063 0074 0075 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406769868767787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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