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Princeton's WordNet

  1. actually, in realityadverb

    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"

Wikidata

  1. In Reality

    In Reality was an American bred racehorse. Bred in Florida, he was a son of Intentionally and out of the mare My Dear Girl, the 1959 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. His damsire was Santa Anita Derby winner Rough'n Tumble, who sired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Fager.

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  1. in reality

    Read the full text of the In Reality poem by Donka Kriseva on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in reality in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in reality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of in reality in a Sentence

  1. Yoo Soon-duk:

    I felt like my sense of reality was fading, even when I had a fun and productive day( with my friends), it felt like a dream.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    of course i have learned over the years that my fantasies are always better than reality and i leave it at that.

  3. Salman Rushdie:

    The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.

  4. Von Flatern:

    We're dealing with a new reality and trying to adapt laws to what we see happening.

  5. Madeline Roache:

    Russians who get their truth from the state media are living in an alternate reality.

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