literally
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Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“There were literally four people and 200 chairs. And I said, ‘I have to figure out how to make these chairs laugh.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
In the philosophy of physics, particularly in a view known as eternalism, the word “timeless” is used literally.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Work is now funded almost entirely by ticket sales, making it a tourist attraction that tourists are literally paying to build.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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