Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adv
In the actual circumstances (and often contrary to expectations).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Already; without adding further difficulty or complexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, it, is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
