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[syn: actually, in reality]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
in reality
    adv 1: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the
           opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually
           be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually
           spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in
           reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-
           offish are in reality often simply nervous" [syn:
           actually, in reality]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "in reality":
   absolutely, actually, certainly, de facto, factually, forsooth,
   genuinely, historically, in actuality, in effect, in fact,
   in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, manifestly,
   nothing else but, obviously, of a truth, positively, really,
   really-truly, truly, undoubtedly, verily, veritably, with truth