Literally

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In a literal manner; word for word: translated the Greek passage literally.
  • ad. In a literal or strict sense: Don't take my remarks literally.
  • ad. Usage Problem Really; actually: "There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water” ( Craig Claiborne).
  • ad. Usage Problem Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
  • ad. used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
  • ad. Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively.
  • ad. With close adherence to words; word by word.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a literal manner or sense; according to the strict import of the word or words; exactly: as, the city was literally destroyed; the narrative is literally true.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. in a literal sense
  • ad. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
    • Antonym
    figuratively    metaphorically    virtually   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    literatim    verbatim et literatim    verbatim    really    actually   
     
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