literally
In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.
Other meanings
Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "litteraly".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “literally” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.