Examples of 'not literally' in a sentence

Meaning of "not literally"

Not literally: This phrase is used to clarify that a statement or phrase should not be interpreted in its most basic or straightforward sense. It is often used to indicate that something is figurative, metaphorical, or exaggerated

How to use "not literally" in a sentence

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not literally
Not literally through the stone itself.
I know that is not literally what he said.
Not literally the last place.
The world has not literally ended.
Not literally here and now.
Well he will not literally do these things.
Artist communicate visually not literally.
You do not literally think you are a swan.
A short state and not literally formed.
I am not literally digging for clues.
A ghetto tax is not literally a tax.
But not literally this time.
I hope that is not literally true.
Not literally falling down.
Perhaps it is not literally true that.

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Not literally but medically.
But this is not literally true.
Not literally in but on a boat.
She believes enough not literally.
The file is not literally blue or rectangular.
Used descriptively but not literally.
You are not literally moving the book.
I realize that we are not literally at war.
You are not literally looking into the future.
Literally in the sense of not literally.
So we will not literally lose our souls.
His supporters took him seriously but not literally.
They are not literally his children.
The images given in this type of poetry are not literally descriptive.
They are not literally mean girls.
We will just be here if you need us to not literally follow you.
That is not literally a fairy tale.
Metaphorically not literally.
They are not literally sitting in heaven.
Even accounts based on real events are not literally true.
They are not literally seeing them.
Couples may occasionally drive each other crazy but not literally so.
A logo should not literally describe the organization.
We need someone with tight lips and a tighter ass not literally.
They are not literally the same.
She used to read her neighbours their letters but not literally.
A mole is not literally the shape of an underground tunnel.
The eye sees deep into a photograph to what is not literally there.
I am not literally nursing him.
The base station antennas need not literally be mounted on a tower.
I am not literally gonna have sex with his wife.
Hopefully not literally.
Not literally but by projection.
The escape network was not literally underground nor a railroad.
Not literally see him.

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