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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Words nearby in reality
inquisitress, inquorate, inradius, in re, in reach, in reality, in reason, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in rem
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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