'Literally' definitions:
Definition of 'literally'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally" [ant: figuratively]
adverb
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
Definition of 'Literally'
From: GCIDE
- Literally \Lit"er*al*ly\, adv.
- 1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. [1913 Webster]
- So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'literally'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutely,
- actually,
- closely,
- dead,
- definitely,
- direct,
- directly,
- even,
- exactly,
- expressly,
- faithfully,
- in all respects,
- in every respect,
- in fact,
- ipsissimis verbis,
- just,
- literatim,
- plumb,
- point-blank,
- positively,
- precisely,
- really,
- right,
- rigidly,
- rigorously,
- square,
- squarely,
- straight,
- strictly,
- to the letter,
- truly,
- undeviatingly,
- unerringly,
- verbally,
- verbatim,
- verbatim et litteratim,
- word by word,
- word for word