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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a literal sense;
- Example: "literally translated"
- Example: "he said so literally"

2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration;
- Example: "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Literally \Lit"er*al*ly\, adv.
   1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not
      figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally
      one flesh.
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   2. With close adherence to words; word by word.
      [1913 Webster]

            So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be
            translated literally.                 --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

literally
    adv 1: in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so
           literally" [ant: figuratively]
    2: (intensifier before a figurative expression) without
       exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during
       the Gulf War"