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1. (adv.) literally
in the literal or strict sense:
What does the word mean literally?
2. literally
in a literal manner; word for word:
to translate literally.
3. literally
actually:
The city was literally destroyed.
4. literally
in effect; in substance; virtually.
Etymology: (1525–35)
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| Definition of 'literally' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) literally
in a literal sense
"literally translated"; "he said so literally"
2. (adverb) literally
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
"our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
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1. (adverb) literally
actually, in reality
She was so angry she was literally screaming at him.
2. literally
emphasizes a statement by introducing another statement that is not true
This diet is so awful, it's literally killing me!
3. literally
having a factual or original meaning
A translator never translates everything literally.
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| Definition of 'literally' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) literally
according to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh
2. (adverb) literally
with close adherence to words; word by word
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Sense: understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time
a literal translation.; We had literally a minute to catch the train.
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 Afrikaans: letterlik |
 Arabic: حَرْفِيَّاً |
 Bulgarian: буквално |
 Brazilian: literalmente |
 Czech: doslova |
 German: buchstäblich |
 Danish: bogstaveligt |
 Greek: κυριολεκτικά |
 Spanish: literalmente |
 Estonian: täpselt |
 Farsi: به طور تحت اللفظی |
 Finnish: kirjaimellisesti |
 French: littéralement |
 Hebrew: בְּלִי לְהָגזִים |
 Hindi: अक्षरश:, वस्तुत: |
 Croatian: doslovno |
 Hungarian: szó szerint |
 Indonesian: tepat |
 Icelandic: bókstaflega |
 Italian: letteralmente |
 Japanese: 文字通りに |
 Korean: 축어적으로 |
 Lithuanian: tiesiog, pažodžiui |
 Latvian: burtiski |
 Malay: secara harfiah |
 Dutch: letterlijk |
 Norwegian: bokstavelig |
 Polish: dosłownie |
 Persian: به طور تحت اللفظی |
 Pashto: لغت په لغت |
 Portuguese: literalmente |
 Romanian: literalmente |
 Russian: буквально |
 Slovak: doslova |
 Slovenian: dobesedno |
 Serbian: bukvalno |
 Swedish: bokstavligen, ordagrant |
 Thai: อย่างแท้จริง |
 Turkish: gerçekten, hakikaten |
 Taiwanese: 的確 |
 Ukrainian: буквально |
 Urdu: لفظی |
 Vietnamese: còn đúng |
 Chinese: 确实地 |
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