literally

Adverb
  1. In a literal sense (synset 400341857)
    "literally translated"; "he said so literally"
  2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration (synset 400112012)
    "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
    domain usage: intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

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