literally

as in accurately
in a literal, true, or accurate way She is not one for hyperbole—all of her warnings should be taken literally. The employees took the CEO's remarks literally and rightfully worried about the future health of the company.

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Recent Examples on the Web Even video games such as the Amnesia series, with dark, subterranean settings and hopelessly doomed protagonists, provide a feeling of agency that comes from literally controlling a character’s actions. Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024 The reporters are grumpy, but the ruse works, and (Sean Murray) and Torres’ (Wilmer Valderrama) scurry across the upstairs hallway carrying roughly 200 pounds of literally dead weight. EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Increasingly, though, that question centers literally on location: Where are film and TV productions shooting? Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2024 One inspiring initiative that’s helped the MBC ribbon go mainstream is an annual event that shines a light on its colors and its cause—quite literally and beautifully. Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for literally 

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“Literally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literally. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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