| ADVERB | all | literally | in a literal sense |
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| all | literally | (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration |
| Sounds | lih'terahliy; lih'trahliy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | In a literal sense. | |
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| Opposite | figuratively | In a figurative sense |
| Spanish | literalmente | |
| Catalan | literalment | |
| Adjectives | literal | limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text |
| Meaning | (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration. | |
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| Example | "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War" | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Spanish | literalmente | |
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