literally

Examples

• All

• But in your first round, literally just touch the edge.

• The light switch is literally in the ice.

• Yes, that is literally what he said right here.

• This path literally leads down right to the water.

• The sun is literally setting on the road.

• But for us it's literally four to six weeks.

• I'll be back in literally two seconds.

  Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

• This literally adds a glow to the face.

• It literally means "South of the Han River."

  Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

• When she said she was freezing, she meant it literally; the temperature was below zero.

Synonyms

T

technically

vsliterally

• Specialized

434 4.8

Something is true by the exact rules or facts, not by how people usually think

is about plain primary meaning rather than formal rules or technical detail

S

strictly speaking

vsliterally

14 4.3

If you look at the exact meaning, this is true

is about plain primary meaning without exaggeration or metaphor

I

in every sense of the word

vsliterally

5 5.2

Completely true in every possible way or meaning

is limited to the strict primary meaning, not every interpretation

Antonyms

F

figuratively

34 4.8

To use words to say something that is not literally true

How Literal

exactly

∞ 1.0

literally

246 3.5

approximately

524 3.2

loosely

43 3.7

figuratively

34 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology