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The phrase "actually less than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to clarify or emphasize a comparison, often in contexts involving numerical values or quantities.
Example: "The final cost of the project was actually less than we initially estimated."
Alternatives: "in fact lower than" or "truly less than".
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Actually, less than empty.
Her knee pain was actually less than before her operation.
The cost per person is actually less than expected.
Half the doctors gave the answer as 50%, when the result is actually less than 5%.
But the 2008 amount is actually less than the $3 billion that the group had projected.
The stunning result, though, was that in some places the number of photons was actually less than zero.
That is actually less than people had seen in years past, but indicates no less demand for "clouds" of servers accessible by millions of users.
The income tax rate increase Mr. Quinn proposed on Wednesday was actually less than one that he proposed a year ago, which was ultimately ignored by state lawmakers.
He laughed gloomily, adding: "I don't mean corrected for inflation; I mean it's actually less than it was 10 years ago".
The cumulative cost of Bush's wars relative to the G.D.P. was actually less than a third that of World War II.
I was already full enough to make it to lunch, but who can resist bread (Tibetan barley pancakes, actually) less than five seconds out of an oven?
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