actually; in fact; really

I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well.

Tom is not a lazy boy. As a matter of fact, he works hard.

We're all human beings, so in my opinion each country's culture is 90% the same.

Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.

He looked asleep, but he was really dead.