ackshly

English

Adverb

ackshly (not comparable)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of actually.
    • 1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Mr. Jeames' Sentiments on the Cambridge Election”, in The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray‎[1], volume XXI, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, published 1889, page 222:
      I've heerd say, by gents who were at Cambridg College, that his love for the young fellers was ackshly affecting to see […]
    • 1995 December 30, Marcus Bainbridge, “InterNIC has bounced my .COM registration - Help needed!”, in demon.ip.www‎[2]:
      Ackshly, it already exists, so you can't :-) You'd still need your two nameservers...
    • 2017 April 27, Kate Dunn, chapter 24, in The Dragonfly‎[3], Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, page 184:
      “You write it for me then.” He stopped his pacing. “Ackshly, that's not a bad idea.” “I can't come into the room with you. Exam conditions."

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