literally
/ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/
In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words; With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly
Meanings
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In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words
Don't take it too literally.
Tatoeba · sysko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Don't take it so literally.
Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
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In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
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In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; Draws attention to a pun or other wordplay involving an idiom
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As an intensifier.; Used as a general intensifier or dramatiser, sometimes tending towards a meaningless fillerrare
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As an intensifier.; Used as an intensifier with statements or terms that are in fact meant figuratively and not word for word as statedrare
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Used as a generic downtoner: just, merelyrare