Definition of literally. Meaning of literally. Synonyms of literally

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Definition of literally

Literally
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. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. --Dryden.

Meaning of literally from wikipedia

- literal , literally literal may refer to: literal and figurative language , taken in a non-figurative sense. literal translation , the close
- the duo are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be a couple (in the 1990 biography pet shop boys, literally, tennant recalls that even their
- creation history as an allegory, and followed philo's ideas of time beginning with an instantaneous creation, with days not meant literally.
- refimprove may 2007 , original research september 2007 literary translation literal translation, or directed translation, is the rendering
- evangelical christians a 2011 gallup survey reports, 'three in 10 americans interpret the bible literally, saying it is the actual word of god.
- these differences stem from how the various traditions view christ's words of institution : whether literally or figuratively.
- external links : literally. from slate magazine. http://humanities. byu. edu/rhetoric/figures/figures-overview. htm figures of speech from silva
- normally impose an absurdity limit on this rule, which states that a statute cannot be interpreted literally if it would lead to an absurd result.
- or nihon-koku, literally 'the state of japan') is an island nation in east asia . located in the pacific ocean , it lies to the east of
- the first boer war (eerste boerenoorlog, literally 'first farmer's war') (eerste vryheidsoorlog, literally 'first freedom war') also known