literally

Example Sentences

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Instead, we are working literally at the surface.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

But "there was no easy way to actually try and track him down because they literally just had to go searching through the bush", says Hurley.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The date is determined through a calculation known as computus paschalis, literally “computation of Easter” in Latin.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

But it can’t be taken literally; otherwise it would include tribal Indians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The bill literally has not even come due.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis