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   actuality

   /ˌaktʃʊˈalɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the state of existing in reality: "the building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines"
   • ▪ existing conditions or facts: "the grim actualities of prison life"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus (see act).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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