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"text": "She was literally like, \"What?\", and I was literally like, \"Yeah\".",
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"text": "Literally who is this?",
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"ref": "2015, “On the Run”, in Steven Universe",
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},
{
"ref": "2017, New Straits Times (Malaysia) 22 April, page 20",
"text": "[O]ne can assume that the millions or billions of ringgit spent on the war against drugs have gone down the drain, literally."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)"
],
"links": [
[
"intensifier",
"intensifier#English"
],
[
"virtually",
"virtually"
],
[
"so to speak",
"so to speak"
]
],
"qualifier": "degree",
"raw_glosses": [
"(degree, figuratively, proscribed, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "virtually"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"proscribed"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had no idea, so I was literally guessing.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I was literally having breakfast when she arrived.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She was literally like, \"What?\", and I was literally like, \"Yeah\".",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Literally who is this?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2015, “On the Run”, in Steven Universe",
"text": "Pearl: Steven, we are not like the No Home Boys. We are literally standing in your home right now.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's not even hard to make—you literally just put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It won't take me long to get back, cause the store's literally two blocks away.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely."
],
"links": [
[
"downtoner",
"downtoner#English"
],
[
"just",
"just"
],
[
"merely",
"merely"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "merely"
},
{
"word": "merely"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪtəɹəli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪtɹəli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪtʃəli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪtəɹəli/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɪ.ɾɚ.ɨ.li]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-us-literally.ogg/En-us-literally.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-us-literally.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Literally.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Literally.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Literally.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Literally.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-Literally.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (GB)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "lit."
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "litterally"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "letterlik"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥarfiyyan",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "حَرْفِيًّا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bi-l-ḥarf",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "بِٱلْحَرْف"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥarfiyyan",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "حَرْفِيَّا"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "literalment"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ànzhào zìmiàn",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"tags": [
"Mandarin"
],
"word": "按照字面"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "doslova"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "bogstavelig talt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "letterlijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "laŭlitere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "kirjaimellisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "sananmukaisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "littéralement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "textuellement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "texto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "mot à mot"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "literalmente"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siṭq̇vasiṭq̇vit",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "სიტყვასიტყვით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗirdaṗiri mnišvnelobit",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "პირდაპირი მნიშვნელობით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗirdaṗiri gagebit",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "პირდაპირი გაგებით"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "wörtlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "buchstäblich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kyriolektiká",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "κυριολεκτικά"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katá grámma",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "κατά γράμμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pshutó kemashma'ó",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "פְּשׁוּטוֹ כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "beófen milulí",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "בְּאֹפֶן מִלּוּלִי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "szó szerint"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "szabályosan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "rendering a text",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "szóról szóra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "letteralmente"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mojidōri",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "文字通り"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gakumendōri",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "額面通り"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "akṣarāṟtthattil",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "അക്ഷരാർത്ഥത്തിൽ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "ad verbum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bukvalno",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "буквално"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"tags": [
"Bokmål"
],
"word": "bokstavelig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"tags": [
"Nynorsk"
],
"word": "bokstaveleg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "dosłownie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "literalmente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "literalmente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bukválʹno",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "буква́льно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "doslóvno",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "досло́вно"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "bukvalno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "doslovno"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "doslovce"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "tačno tako"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "doslova"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "literalmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"tags": [
"Latin-America",
"informal"
],
"word": "literal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "textualmente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "bokstavligen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "harfiyen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "resmen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bukválʹno",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "буква́льно"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "literálʹno",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "літера́льно"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "u prjamómu sénsi",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "у прямо́му се́нсі"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "not metaphorically",
"word": "لفظی معنی"
}
],
"word": "literally"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: degree, figuratively, proscribed, contranym",
"path": [
"literally"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "literally",
"trace": null
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: degree, figuratively, proscribed, contranym",
"path": [
"literally"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "literally",
"trace": null
}
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