Thesaurus: literally
According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
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Definitions
- adv. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
- adv. With word/close">close word/adherence">adherence to words; word by word.
- adv. in a literal sense
- adv. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
- 1. word/according">According to the word/primary">primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. Dryden.
- r:100 r. in a literal sense r. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration