in reality

viewing things realistically; really. Jane dreamed it was snowing, but in reality, it was very warm. John looks happy, but in reality, he is miserable.

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in reality

actually The solution seemed simple, but in reality it was almost impossible to make it happen.

Related vocabulary: as a matter of fact

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in reality

Actually, in fact, as in He may seem slow to you, but in reality he's very intelligent. [Second half of 1600s]

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in reality

In fact; actually.

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Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bamford	['bæmfəd]
Nina (3)	-	Native American, Quechua
Pekka	PEK-kah	Finnish
Svetlana	svyet-LAH-nah (Russian), sveet-LAH-nah (Russian)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Hong	-	Chinese
Basemmath	-	Biblical Greek