not figuratively
Example Sentences
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Asked to go though that final sequence, Davis demurred, saying simply, “Jamal Murray made a shot,” then standing up, dropping the mic — and not figuratively — and walking off from the postgame podium.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
“I’m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get done as soon as humanly possible.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
This year, it was left to Higher Power, literally not figuratively, to win in only his fourth race in the Sadler barn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
“This has literally been, not figuratively, the cause of my life,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2016
The other part is that neither farmers nor hunter-gatherers are naked, at least not figuratively.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
