/liteɾalˈmente/
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Translation
literally
Word origin
Formed from the adjective literal plus the adverbial ending -mente. Literal comes from Latin littera ('letter of the alphabet'), so the sense is 'according to the letter'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- littera
- English cognates
- literal, letter
Examples
cansancio.
I was literally dead tired.
Traduje texto , .
I translated the text literally, word for word.
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The room was literally full of people.
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Do not take it literally, it was just a joke.
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Did he really literally fall down the stairs?
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