Word of the Day – Literally

• Adverb:  Literally
  1. in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>
  2. 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:
  1. exactly
  2. actually
  3. completely
  4. directly
  5. plainly
  6. precisely
  7. really
  8. simply
  9. 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:
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