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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
Except, they are literally too perfect, according to a professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham, Mark Lee.
"I literally ran into the Co-op to get some snacks and chatted to Jen who works there and came back out again. I hadn't locked the car. I'm an idiot."
As anyone who has spent time in a hair salon knows, the human comedy is on full display as relative strangers literally and figuratively let their hair down.
The former editor of Kerrang! magazine, Mr Alexander said when Osbourne was at his lowest ebb, music had a restorative power, adding: "You literally see it in front of your very eyes."
"Then literally the windows just blew in around us."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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