| Main Entry: |
literally |
| Part of Speech: |
adverb |
| Definition: |
word for word; exactly |
Synonyms: |
actually,
completely,
correctly,
direct,
directly, faithfully, indisputably, letter by letter, literatim, not figuratively, plainly,
precisely,
really, rightly, rigorously, sic,
simply,
straight, strictly, to the letter,
truly, undeviatingly, undisputably, unerringly, unmistakably, verbatim, veritably
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| Notes: |
literally means 'with truth to the letter; exactly' or according to the strictest sense of the word or words, while figuratively means 'by or as a figure of speech; metaphorically', or 'in a descriptive, analogous, but metaphorical sense of the word or words |
Antonyms: |
figuratively, loosely
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