- Adverb: Literally
- in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>
- used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true
- Usage Discussion of LITERALLY from m-w.com
- since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary.
- Synonyms:
- exactly
- actually
- completely
- directly
- plainly
- precisely
- really
- simply
- truly
- Usage:
Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.
- Encountered:
- While listening to a song on KDHX
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