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literally
adverb
(lit-er-al-ly)
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
Examples:
Our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War.
literally
(lit-er-al-ly)
in a literal sense
Antonyms:
figuratively
,
Examples:
Literally translated.
He said so literally.
Words Related to
literally
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virtually
,
practically
,
basically
,
simply
,
actually
,
really
,
almost
,
truly
,
absolutely
,
utterly
,
exactly
,
precisely
,
real
,
indeed
,
verbatim
,
slavishly
,
textually
,
genuinely
,
professionally
,
explicitly
,
positively
,
letter
,
figuratively
,
metaphorically
,
miraculously
,
essentially
,
literarily
,
everywhere
,
just
,
suddenly
,
forever
,
outta
,
anyhow
,
instantaneously
,
magically
,
horribly
,
completely
,
anyway
,
proverbially
,
purposelessly
,
unceremoniously
,
out
,
wetly
,
instantly
,
meaninglessly
,
totally
,
needlessly
,
dispiritedly
,
damn
,
senselessly
,
earthward
,
luckily
,
unfortunately
,
orgasmically
,
mysteriously
,
brokenly
,
ritualistically
,
kinda
,
then
,
anymore
,
uncontrollably
,
worshipfully
,
heedlessly
,
oftentimes
,
convulsively
,
seemingly
,
helplessly
,
backwards
,
thankfully
,
torrentially
,
unrecognizably
,
barely
,
crazily
,
ripply
,
cruelly
,
dramatically
,
fortunately
,
everyplace
,
grotesquely
,
frankly
,
dizzily
,
horrifically
,
unbidden
,
everlastingly
,
forevermore
,
certainly
,
inertly
,
silently
,
lifelessly
,
upsidedown
,
thataway
,
hither
,
mindlessly
,
laboriously
,
thoughtlessly
,
lordy
,
simultaneously
,
uselessly
,
away
,
desolately
,
literally
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