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Get to know Literally better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like figuratively. In Dutch this translates to letterlijk.

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Literally in a sentence

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Literally meaning

  1. Word for word, exactly as stated.
  2. Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.

Synonyms of Literally

Literally vertaling naar Nederlands

Using Literally

  • The main meaning on this page is: Word for word, exactly as stated. | Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words. | Word for word, exactly as stated.
  • Useful related words include: figuratively.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: letterlijk.
  • In the example corpus, literally often appears in combinations such as: is literally, quite literally, that literally.

Context around Literally

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Literally

  • In this selection, "literally" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, yomi, procedure, excruciating, means, meaning and transgressor stand out and add context to how "literally" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abbau more literally de building and and nynorsk literally new norwegian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "literally" sits close to words such as salt, jesus and morgan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with literally

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Literally, literally, that started it. (5 words)

Take him literally but not seriously, or seriously but not literally. (11 words)

Just the smell of marijuana, they would literally go into people’s private homes and literally abuse them. (18 words)

Also, during the earlier days of the pandemic when people didn't know much about how it spread, I appreciated that I literally never had to touch anything other than the food I was literally buying: no doors, no credit card reader, nothing. (43 words)

But the information that I was able to receive helped me to understand that these are real people that are literally standing up and asking for help in a system where for them to do that could literally cost them their lives. (42 words)

In Derrida's view, deconstruction is a tradition inherited via Heidegger (the French term "déconstruction" is a term coined to translate Heidegger's use of the words "Destruktion"—literally "destruction"—and "Abbau"—more literally "de-building"). (36 words)

So, literally, when we meet in Episode 4 and she's, "Oh, Shotgun Mary," that's us literally meeting for the first time in awhile; since the table read! (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

Other expressions for apostate as used by rabbinical scholars are "mumar" (מומר, literally "the one that is changed") and "poshea yisrael" (פושע ישראל, literally, "transgressor of Israel"), or simply "kofer" (כופר, literally "denier" and heretic).

Also, during the earlier days of the pandemic when people didn't know much about how it spread, I appreciated that I literally never had to touch anything other than the food I was literally buying: no doors, no credit card reader, nothing.

Literally meaning “wind” in Sanskrit, it is literally a whiff of fresh air in Tagaytay’s culinary scene where you can feast on gourmet dishes without long line, parking problems or road traffic.

Literally, literally, that started it.

The name for the procedure literally means 'fixed to a cross' and it is the etymological root of the word 'excruciating' — literally a pain so bad it is as if it were 'out of crucifying'.

So, literally, when we meet in Episode 4 and she's, "Oh, Shotgun Mary," that's us literally meeting for the first time in awhile; since the table read!

Virtual events are literally popping up everywhere: business meetings, book clubs, zumba classes, church services, clubs (Club Quarantine) and literally everything in between.

Concrete proof that literally any QB can succeed in BB’s system and literally every single one of them fails outside of it.

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Take him literally but not seriously, or seriously but not literally.

But the information that I was able to receive helped me to understand that these are real people that are literally standing up and asking for help in a system where for them to do that could literally cost them their lives.

Just the smell of marijuana, they would literally go into people’s private homes and literally abuse them.

As established by law and governmental policy, there are two official forms of written Norwegian Bokmål (literally "book tongue") and Nynorsk (literally "new Norwegian").

Examples of loanwords in the English language include café (from French café, which literally means "coffee"), bazaar (from Persian bāzār, which means "market"), and kindergarten (from German Kindergarten, which literally means "children's garden").

Example: Your Honor the Judge (כבוד השופט) Japan In Japan, judges are addressed simply as Saibancho (裁判長, literally "the Chief Justice") or Saibankan (裁判官, literally "Judge").

In Derrida's view, deconstruction is a tradition inherited via Heidegger (the French term "déconstruction" is a term coined to translate Heidegger's use of the words "Destruktion"—literally "destruction"—and "Abbau"—more literally "de-building").

Kanji readings are categorized as either on'yomi (literally "sound reading", from Chinese) or kun'yomi (literally "meaning reading", native Japanese), and most characters have at least two readings, at least one of each.

One might take this as implying that Sheol is literally underground, although it is as easily read literally, as signifying an earthquake or split in the earth.

The importance of bread in German cuisine is also illustrated by words such as Abendbrot (meaning supper, literally evening bread) and Brotzeit (snack, literally bread time).

Aboyún kì í tọ̀ kọ́ mọ ínu ẹ b’ọlẹ, a wisecrack in Yoruba, literally saying, a pregnant woman will not urinate and experience a miscarriage.

A clearly-annoyed Cleverly replied: “I was literally in the middle of answering when you cut me off.

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Common combinations with literally

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "literally" in a sentence?
An example: "Other expressions for apostate as used by rabbinical scholars are "mumar" (מומר, literally "the one that is changed") and "poshea yisrael" (פושע ישראל, literally, "transgressor of Israel"), or simply "kofer" (כופר, literally "denier" and heretic)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "literally" from authentic English texts.
What does "literally" mean?
Literally means: Word for word, exactly as stated.
What are synonyms of "literally"?
Common synonyms of "literally" include: figuratively.
What is "literally" in Dutch?
"literally" translates to Dutch as: letterlijk.
How many example sentences with "literally" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "literally", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.