literally
B2Frequent NGSL-3UK /ˈlɪtərəli/US /ˈlɪtərəli/
Meaning
adverb
in a literal way
“The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.”
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“Venus is hell, almost literally.”
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“literally from studs.”
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“Literally thousands of emails came in, from all different kinds of people from all over the world, doing all different kinds of things.”
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