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English Dictionary: literally by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
literally
adv
  1. in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally"
    Antonym(s): figuratively
  2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. With close adherence to words; word by word.
  
                     So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be
                     translated literally.                        --Dryden.
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