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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually waited" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that someone truly waited for something or someone, often in contrast to what might be expected or assumed.
Example: "I thought he would leave early, but he actually waited for me to arrive."
Alternatives: "really waited" or "truly waited".
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"It is that one thing I actually waited for when I wanted to be a filmmaker".
If they actually waited for you to leave so that they could walk home without you.
"I've been in situations where you actually waited longer," Girardi said.
I actually waited for Ruth and Sylvie to stop haunting my imagination.
I actually waited until the woman next to me fell asleep to finish going through it once I hit the "bad girl" sex tips (I'd started marking it up in an empty corner at the airport bar), because it looks extra intense when you're circling these things with a pen, like "mm hmm, DEFINITELY trying that".
Many have criticized the decision to put so much rich farmland under water, but Arlan R. Juhl, director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, argued that the corps had actually waited too long in deciding whether or not to blow the levee while floodwaters rose in Illinois.
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