1 in a literal way
SYNEXACTLY:
The word 'planet' literally means 'wandering body'. * When I told you to 'get lost' I didn't expect to be taken literally. * Idioms usually cannot be translated literally into another language.
2 used to emphasize the truth of sth that may seem surprising:
There are literally hundreds of prizes to win.
3 (informal) used to emphasize a word or phrase that is being used in a FIGURATIVE way:
I literally jumped out of my skin.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for literally is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is literally a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, literally is tagged as adverb.
Does literally appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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