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Adverb: literally  liturulee
  1. In a literal sense
    "literally translated"; "he said so literally"
     
  2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
    "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"

See also: literal

Antonym: figuratively

Encyclopedia: Literally

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