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English to English adverb
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in a literal sense |  | Example: literally translated
he said so literally
source: wordnet30
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(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration | | Example: our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War
source: wordnet30
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According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. | | source: webster1913
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