literally

B2Frequent NGSL-3
UK /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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