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English
Adverb
ackshually (not comparable)
- Eye dialect spelling of actually.
1898, Eden Phillpotts, “The Zeal of Sam Bonus”, in Children of the Mist, G. P. Putnam's Sons, published 1889, page 207:To shaw 'e, neighbours, just the man he is, I may tell 'e that a larnèd piece like Martin Grimbal ackshually comed all the way to Newtake […]
2005 December 15, Nobody, “Denver light rail to open early”, in misc.transport.urban-transit:Ackshually, Ontario Hydro, per se, no longer exists. The Provincial Crown authority was split up a few years back.
2013 April, Wendy James, The Steele Diaries, Pan Macmillan Australia, →ISBN, page 185:Says solemnly, 'ack-shually – that'd be really fun, because, ackshually – there hasn't been anyone to take me for a while'