Examples of 'literally' in a sentence
Meaning of "literally"
literally (adverb): Used to emphasize that something is true in a strict sense or to convey a sense of actuality. It is often employed for emphasis or as a figure of speech
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- Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
- Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
- Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements.
- Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
How to use "literally" in a sentence
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I literally killed my only chance at becoming a judge.
And the stage is literally falling apart.
He literally wrote the book on forensic neuropsychiatry.
I have witnessed them literally bypass people.
It was literally just a home away from home.
I thought the house was literally gonna be on fire.
I have literally never heard of that place.
Which caused her to literally blow a fuse.
I have literally been here the whole time.
That paper was distributed to literally millions of people.
I literally drove here from the airport.
The metro station is literally on your doorstep.
I literally just need a credit card number.
This is quite literally life and death.
I literally had no idea you would be in here.
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His servants are literally chained in the picture.
Literally all you do is point and shoot.
The gorilla literally crashed the party.
Literally nothing good has ever happened to me.
Bringing in talent literally means attracting migrants.
I literally have no idea what they wanted.
Cause this guy literally has an army.
It literally changes every single cell in my body.
So powerful they literally can not contain it.
We literally have never done any of those things.
I did not mean she was literally inhabiting my body.
He was literally crunching on a fortune with every step.
Blood was spilled both literally and metaphorically.
I literally have nothing to tell the investors.
You just have to literally stuff envelopes.
I literally can not read the words.
Millions of lives literally hang in the balance.
I literally hit her when she was down.
The doctors are literally working for peanuts.
I literally told a hundred people that story.
The word yoga literally means union.
I literally want to rip your head off.
Cardiac arrest is literally your heart stopping.
I literally did not know there were real witches.
What you are talking about is literally suicide.
Unburdening literally means relieving someone of a load.
I take it you do not mean that literally.
Silas is literally on his way to kill her.
And your pleasure center literally shrinks.
These models literally indicate repressed rage.
They take everything they read literally.
This place literally smells like shit.
You are taking this list too literally.
Science is literally like watching paint dry.
You should not take that literally.
