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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ac·tu·al / ˈakchoōəl/ • adj. 1. existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed: the estimate was less than the actual cost. ∎ used to emphasize the important aspect of something: the book could be condensed into half the space, but what of the actual content? 2. existing now; current: using actual income to measure expected income.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

actual exhibited in acts, spec. actual (opp. original) sin; existing in fact XIV. orig. actuel — (O)F. actuel; later assim. to the source, late L. āctuālis, f. āctus ACT; see -AL1.
So actuality XIV. — (O)F. or medL. actually XV. partly after F. actuellement, L. āctuāliter.

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actual

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

actual •denial, dial, espial, Lyall, mistrial, myall, Niall, phial, trial, vial, viol •sundial •knawel, withdrawal •avowal, Baden-Powell, bowel, disembowel, dowel, Howell, Powell, rowel, towel, trowel, vowel •semivowel •bestowal, koel, Lowell, Noel •loyal, royal, viceroyal •accrual, construal, crewel, cruel, dual, duel, fuel, gruel, jewel, newel, renewal, reviewal •eschewal •artefactual (US artifactual), contractual, factual, tactual •perpetual •aspectual, effectual, intellectual •conceptual, perceptual •contextual, textual •habitual, ritual •conflictual • instinctual • spiritual •mutual • punctual • virtual • casual •audio-visual, televisual, visual •usual • gradual • individual •menstrual • actual •asexual, bisexual, heterosexual, homosexual, psychosexual, sexual, transsexual, unisexual •accentual, conventual, eventual •Samuel •annual, biannual, Emanuel, Emmanuel, manual •Lemuel •consensual, sensual •continual

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