In concert, these interactions may cause the foot of heavily infected cockles to be literally immobilized. Stores, associations and family and village networks evolved to ensure the safe arrival of remittances and letters, literally from the destinations to the village. The user's request may not express literally what the user wants to know. In previous formulations of projection strictness analysis, the two forms of demand were confused literally by the lifting trick. It does this both figuratively by rekindling interest in it and literally , by organising concerts, releasing records, distributing those releases and other merchandise.
Or perhaps there is a perfectly acceptable, philosophically respectable sense in which, quite literally , states have mental states. The performer's hand is fully inside the glove and literally internal to it. Personnel were being worked literally round the clock. On one hand, actual levels of trust are often so great that we cannot literally hold physicians to superhuman expectations.
And the derived verb ch'oolanink - literally 'to heart someone' - refers to caring for, maintaining, or feeding another living entity. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of literally in Chinese Traditional. See more. Need a translator? Translator tool. What is the pronunciation of literally? This test can also be: Edited i. Printed to create a handout. Sent electronically to friends or students.
Did you spot a typo? Grammarly's app will help with: 1 Avoiding spelling errors 2 Correcting grammar errors 3 Finding better words This free browser extension works with webmail, social media, and texting apps as well as online forms and Microsoft Office documents, like Word and Teams. All rights reserved. Filters 0. Literally is defined as something that is actually true, or exactly what you are saying word for word.
In a literal manner; word for word. Translated the Greek passage literally. So Josh—as he figuratively put it—had not a feather to fly with. Burford Delannoy. Although literally has been horning in on figuratively 's turf, they're really not the same, in fact the two words are often go together to complete a picture:.
Watching a waterfall drowns out — literally and figuratively — everyday cares. Seattle Times. New York Times. Will people understand you if you use literally when you mean figuratively? Most people will recognize that when you say, "The guitar solo literally blew my head off" it was an awesome solo, but your head is, in fact, still on your neck. The adverb figuratively describes something symbolic, not actual. If a friend invites you to tonight's concert but you already have plans with your family, you might say — figuratively — that your hands are tied.
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