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It's almost a joke how good I am at charades. Not to pat my own back, but I'm literally - I'm kind of unstoppable.
Wilson Bethel

Meaning of "literally" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LITERALLY

literally  [ˈlɪtərəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITERALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Literally is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LITERALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Literal

Literal may refer to: ▪ Literal and figurative language, taken in a non-figurative sense ▪ Literal translation, the close adherence to the forms of a source language text ▪ Literal legal interpretations also referred to as Strict constructionism and the literal or plain meaning rule ▪ Terminal symbol in regular expressions and in descriptions of formal grammars ▪ Literal, an elementary proposition or its negation in logical expressions ▪ Literal, a notation for representing a value within programming language source code ▪ Literal, a quarterly bilingual magazine ▪ A typographical error, normally to one letter or number ▪ A chunk of input data that is represented "as is" in data compressed using data compression...

Definition of literally in the English dictionary

The definition of literally in the dictionary is in a literal manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITERALLY


bilaterally
ˌbaɪˈlætərəlɪ
complementarily
ˌkɒmpliˈmentərəlɪ
declaratorily
dɪˈklærətərəlɪ
electorally
ɪˈlektərəlɪ
enterally
ˈɛntərəlɪ
equilaterally
ˌiːkwɪˈlætərəlɪ
gutturally
ˈɡʌtərəlɪ
involuntarily
ɪnˈvɒləntərəlɪ
ipsilaterally
ˌɪpsɪˈlætərəlɪ
laterally
ˈlætərəlɪ
momentarily
ˈməʊməntərəlɪ
multilaterally
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəlɪ
parenterally
pærˈɛntərəlɪ
pastorally
ˈpɑːstərəlɪ
pectorally
ˈpektərəlɪ
peremptorily
pəˈrɛmptərəlɪ
satisfactorily
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərəlɪ
statutorily
ˈstætjʊtərəlɪ
trilaterally
traɪˈlætərəlɪ
unilaterally
ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITERALLY

literal
literal error
literal-minded
literal-mindedness
literalisation
literaliser
literalism
literalist
literalistic
literalistically
literality
literalization
literalize
literalizer
literalness
literarily
literariness
literary
literary agency
literary agent

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITERALLY

actually
agriculturally
architecturally
centrally
culturally
federally
generally
integrally
liberally
morally
naturally
orally
rally
severally
structurally
supernaturally
temporally
unnaturally
ventrally
virally
viscerally

Synonyms and antonyms of literally in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LITERALLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «literally» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of literally

Translation of «literally» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITERALLY

Find out the translation of literally to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of literally from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «literally» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

确实地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

literalmente
570 millions of speakers

English

literally
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सचमुच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَرْفِيّاً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буквально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

literalmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সোজাসুজি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

littéralement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara literal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wörtlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文字どおりに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

글자 그대로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theo nghĩa đen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலக்கியரீதியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दशः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

harfi harfine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

letteralmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dosłownie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буквально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de-a dreptul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυριολεκτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

letterlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bokstavligen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bokstavelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of literally

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERALLY»

The term «literally» is very widely used and occupies the 7.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERALLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «literally» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «literally» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about literally

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10 QUOTES WITH «LITERALLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word literally.
1
Jake Abel
I think you'd have to literally live in a cave to not know anything about 'Twilight'. I've seen a few of the movies, but I haven't read the books.
2
Ansel Adams
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.
3
Adele
I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.
4
Nate Berkus
I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
5
Wilson Bethel
It's almost a joke how good I am at charades. Not to pat my own back, but I'm literally - I'm kind of unstoppable.
6
Benny Blanco
I can be at my house sitting there making music alone, and every single time I've ever done that the first thing I do when I'm done, no matter if it's 4 in the morning... I literally just pick up my phone and I call someone.
7
Patrick Carney
I'd literally rather hang out at the T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey than tool around at a place that sells $40 cheeseburgers.
8
Whitney Cummings
There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.'
9
John Francis Daley
Boys from my generation all love Jim Carrey! But you know, just being in his house with him and pitching jokes that he would act out, literally felt like the dreams that I had, so it was amazing.
10
Roger Daltrey
Well, for the My Generation album, there was nothing to be nervous about in them days. We used to take every day as it came. Every day was just a gig and I think we did the recording between gigs literally.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITERALLY»

Discover the use of literally in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to literally and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and ...
By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian, this is a highly opinionated guide to better communication.
Paul Yeager, 2008
2
Literally Speaking Too
Literally Speaking and Literally Speaking Too are books which consist of a total of 200 artistic depictions of clichés (expressions we've used so much that we take the meaning for granted), idioms (vernacular particular to a geographical ...
Jennifer L. Hughes, 2008
3
Quite Literally: Problem Words and how to Use Them
What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign words, Americanisms, cliches, slang, jargon? And does the Queen speak the Queen's English? Quite Literally answers questions like these, and more.
Wynford Hicks, 2004
4
A.L.S. It Literally Saved My Life
A.L.S., It Literally Saved My Life author Dennis Eldridge delicately weaves his daily battle for life over death while exposing some of Satan's most prized secrets.
Dennis Eldridge, 2007
5
Interpreting the Bible Literally: Is Not As Confusing As It ...
Those who understand the Bible in literal terms are constantly accused of not understanding the Bible in literal terms.
Fred Deruvo, 2009
6
Shedding and Literally Dreaming
A novella and a collection of short stories by a German feminist. The novella is on a woman's quest to live without men, which leads to her becoming romantically involved with a woman. The short stories are in a similar vein.
Verena Stefan, 1994
7
A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Genesis: The Hebrew ...
. A literal word for word translation of the Hebrew text. . A revised translation for understandability in English. . A dictionary of words defined from an Hebraic perspective. . A concordance of all words found in the book of Genesis.
Jeff A. Benner, 2007
8
Literally Dead
Will the pen prove mightier than the pistol? Will mercenary police, politicians, and money-barons meet with justice? Or will Jansen fail to solve the mystery and wind up literally dead?
James Conroy, 2011
9
Why I Take the Bible Seriously But Not Literally: One May ...
One May Study the Bible Seriously, Respectfully, and Reverently Without Believing It Literally. Eugene C. Rollins. CONTENTS Introduction: Origin of the Material .................................................. .. ix Chapter 1. ITake the Bible Seriously Because It ...
Eugene C. Rollins, 2013
10
Juvenal and Persius, Literally Translated for the Use of ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Juvenal, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITERALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term literally is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Men who harass women online are quite literally losers, new study …
Here's a research finding that should surprise no one: The men most likely to harass women online … are the men most likely to have their own ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
U.S. throws away baseball gold, literally - ESPN
Literally. Team USA allowed the tying and winning runs to score on two wild throws on the same play in the bottom of the 10th inning of Canada's 7-6 victory. «ESPN.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
This Lexus RC-F literally has a heartbeart (Wired UK) - Wired.co.uk
At a time when cars are starting to feel ever more separated from the driver behind the wheel, Lexus has an idea on how to bring them back ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Out of this world: DOE lab literally exploring New Horizons …
The United States' Department of Energy's (DOE) national laboratories are here to help energy on Earth -- but now they are exploring other ... «Fierce Energy, Jul 15»
5
Nick Jonas Embraces S&M For Gay Club Performance, Is Literally
Nick Jonas was literally in chains for his performance at G-A-Y at London's Heaven club this weekend — a great look for him but not entirely ... «NewNowNext, Jul 15»
6
City event is literally a dogs' breakfast
THE annual dogs breakfast will be expanded this year into an event to showcase home, leisure, pets and adventure. The City of Wanneroo ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
7
Video: Confused dog begs for literally everything owner offers …
Confused dog begs for literally everything owner offers. Pashmak the dog begs equally enthusiastically for deodorant, a skateboard and a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Knights take Heritage Round literally - NRL.com
Knights take Heritage Round literally. Sun 19 Jul, 2015, 8:06am. By Jack Brady, National Correspondent, NRL.com ... «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
9
Jason Aldean literally burns it down at Tinley
Opening with "Hicktown" from 2005, Aldean took his Burn It Down tour literally and appeared above a giant "A" that shot flames into the air. «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
10
British Open literally blowing golfers away | PGA | Sports | Toronto Sun
British Open literally blowing golfers away. 0. Jon Mccarthy. By Jon McCarthy, Toronto Sun. First posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 08:30 PM EDT ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»

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