Definitions
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
Word origin
From Middle English litteraly. See literal and letter. By surface analysis, literal + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“He's prone to exaggeration, so don't take what he says literally.”
“There are literally millions of individual pieces of space debris orbiting Earth.”
“When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“word for word”9 letters
02“not figuratively”9 letters
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