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The phrase "actually a mess" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, object, or concept that is disorganized or chaotic, often in a more informal context.
Example: "Despite the beautiful exterior, the project was actually a mess behind the scenes."
Alternatives: "truly a disaster" or "really a shambles".
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But Mavis is actually a mess, so she devises a scheme to ensure triumph.
But that second blip was actually a mess of Zeros, Japanese fighter planes — maybe forty, I guessed — and our task-force commander decided to withdraw the landing crafts in anticipation of the air attack.
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Underneath the glossy veneer of the Robin Hood analogy and the glamour of Bill Nighy's association with the cause, there is actually a whole mess of problems waiting to spill out after implementation of the FTT, which is slated to start next year for adoptees.
Actually, a complete mess!
"Actually an emotional mess watching @thismorning.
Unfortunately, the executive who signs the check rarely has to actually use the product he just bought, and so those features that look so good in a PowerPoint actually manifest as a mess of unusable complexity for the individual contributors in the company.
It's also worth noting that this "mess" is not actually much of a mess for the firm in terms of dollars and cents; the firm is still expected to make $4 billion this quarter.
Actually, he was a mess.
He was "a member of several 12-step programs, not a licensed therapist". Actually, he was a mess.
Then, earlier this year, she made a piece for Miami City Ballet—"Nightspot," about Miami club life that, while it was warmly applauded by the Florida audience I saw it with (it had an Elvis Costello score and lots of red costumes), was actually a desperate-looking mess: a fact that she was probably aware of.
At the end, the beautifully thin woman reveals she's not actually a hideous, fat mess and (ohjesusthankgod) informs the only guy who's stayed that she's an undercover babe in a genuinely breathtaking display of smuggery.
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