Literally

Adverb

 * 1)  word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
 * 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.
 * 1)  used as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
 * 2) * 1827, Sir Walter Scott, Chronicles of the Canongate
 * The house was literally electrified; and it was only from witnessing the effects of her genius that he could guess to what a pitch theatrical excellence could be carried.
 * 1) * 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
 * at a time when Europe was ringing with his name and when his room was literally ankle-deep with congratulatory telegrams
 * 1) * 1993, Wayne W. Dyer, Real Magic, page 193:
 * You literally become the ball in a tennis match, you become the report that you are working on
 * 1)  Used as a generic downtoner: just.
 * You literally put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done.

Synonyms

 * actually, really
 * virtually

Antonyms

 * figuratively, metaphorically, virtually

Thesaurus
absolutely, actually, closely, dead, definitely, direct, directly, even, exactly, expressly, faithfully, in all respects, in every respect, in fact, ipsissimis verbis, just, literatim, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, really, right, rigidly, rigorously, square, squarely, straight, strictly, to the letter, truly, undeviatingly, unerringly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, word by word, word for word

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: حرفي
 * Catalan: literalment
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, mot à mot,
 * German: wörtlich,
 * Hebrew: באופן מילולי, בצורה מילולית


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: literalmente
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:, , tacno tako
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: bokstavligen
 * Urdu: لفظی معنی