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Adverb

Used when expressing a contradictory or unexpected opinion

Used to emphasize surprise

What actually occurs as opposed to what is supposed to happen in theory

At a basic or fundamental level

Used to emphasize a description

By the fact itself

Strictly speaking

Personally, in person

Almost to the same level, amount or degree

Concerning matter

Adverb for existing at the present time

Phrase

As a matter of fact

Prepositional phrase

Used to contrast a false idea of what is true or possible with one that is more accurate

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Adverb

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Used when expressing a contradictory or unexpected opinion

to all intents and purposes

all things considered

to tell you the truth

beyond the shadow of a doubt

without prevarication

as sure as eggs is eggs

laying one's cards on the table

with no punches pulled

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“He actually builds things, rather than confining himself to paper and theory.”

Adverb

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Used to emphasize surprise

though it may seem strange

ironically

curiously

funnily enough

as improbable as it may seem

oddly enough

as strange as it may seem

though it may seem unlikely

as unlikely as it may seem

though it may seem improbable

believe or not

“He actually became president despite many people not taking him seriously in the beginning.”

Adverb

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What actually occurs as opposed to what is supposed to happen in theory

to all intents and purposes

for all intents and purposes

for all practical purposes

in sooth

for practical purposes

in all important respects

give or take a little

at the end of the day

above all

au fond

first of all

when all is said and done

when you get right down to it

most of all

at bottom

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Adverb

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At a basic or fundamental level

to all intents and purposes

when you get right down to it

in spite of appearance

at the end of the day

when all is said and done

when it comes down to it

when push comes to shove

when all's said and done

in the first instance

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Adverb

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Used to emphasize a description

by a considerable amount

from the bottom of your heart

to too great an extent

too much

in excess

to too great an degree

tons^US

tonnes^UK

to the highest degree

marvelously^US

beyond a shadow of a doubt

to the greatest degree

everything considered

lock, stock and barrel

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Adverb

By the fact itself

by force of circumstance

surely

as a necessary consequence

as a matter of course

by force of circumstances

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Adverb

Strictly speaking

Adverb

Personally, in person

Adverb

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Almost to the same level, amount or degree

to all intents and purposes

in a manner of speaking

for all practical purposes

upwards of

pretty near

close on

in the neighborhood of

for all intents and purposes

as near as dammit

give or take a few

in substance

give or take a little

in the neighbourhood of

for the greatest part

in one place or another

in all important respects

for practical purposes

at the end of the day

above all

au fond

first of all

when all is said and done

when you get right down to it

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Adverb

Concerning matter

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Adverb

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Adverb for existing at the present time

“This is the gap that exists between the total future market potential and actual usage.”

Phrase

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As a matter of fact

Prepositional phrase

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Used to contrast a false idea of what is true or possible with one that is more accurate

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