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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