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literally
adverb as in word for word; exactly
Weak matches
correctly, direct, faithfully, indisputably, letter by letter, literatim, not figuratively, rightly, rigorously, sic, straight, strictly, to the letter, undeviatingly, undisputably, unerringly, unmistakably, verbatim, veritably
Example Sentences
“Like, literally, because if he formally makes this announcement, you know, there’s gonna be some significant price changes, right?”
“He is literally changing college football,” Downton said, “and changing Vanderbilt football.”
“We’d literally scramble with a shower, put on our business casual with our dress shirts on, belt, tie, dress shoes,” Mendoza said.
Martin’s collaborators say he’s just as obsessive, willing to “stay up literally for three days just to get a drum sound right,” according to Martin Dodd, an A&R executive who worked with the producer.
Mr. Ambar does not spare us the horrifying details of each brutal mob act: As Lincoln described one scene, “dead men were seen literally dangling from the boughs of trees” like “Spanish moss.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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