Literally

//ˈlɪtəɹəli//

Synonyms for "literally" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (26)

Related words (42)

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6 relation types

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derived from

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has context

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related to

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Translations

73 translations across 41 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • letterlik adv (not as an intensifier)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بِٱلْحَرْف adv (not as an intensifier)
  • حَرْفِيًّا adv (not as an intensifier)
  • حَرْفِيَّا adv (not as an intensifier)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բառացիորեն adv (not as an intensifier)

Catalan

1 entries
  • literalment adv (not as an intensifier)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 按照字面 adv (not as an intensifier)

Czech

1 entries
  • doslova adv (not as an intensifier)

Danish

4 entries
  • bogstavelig adv (not as an intensifier)
  • bogstavelig taget adv (not as an intensifier)
  • bogstavelig talt adv (not as an intensifier)
  • bogstaveligt adv (not as an intensifier)

Dutch

1 entries
  • letterlijk adv (not as an intensifier)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • laŭlitere adv (not as an intensifier)
  • laŭvorte adv (not as an intensifier)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bókstavliga adv (not as an intensifier)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kirjaimellisesti adv (not as an intensifier)
  • sananmukaisesti adv (not as an intensifier)

French

4 entries
  • littéralement adv (not as an intensifier)
  • mot à mot adv (not as an intensifier)
  • texto adv (not as an intensifier)
  • textuellement adv (not as an intensifier)

Galician

1 entries
  • literalmente adv (not as an intensifier)

Georgian

3 entries
  • პირდაპირი გაგებით adv (not as an intensifier)
  • პირდაპირი მნიშვნელობით adv (not as an intensifier)
  • სიტყვასიტყვით adv (not as an intensifier)

German

2 entries
  • buchstäblich adv (not as an intensifier)
  • wörtlich adv (not as an intensifier)

Greek

2 entries
  • κατά γράμμα adv (not as an intensifier)
  • κυριολεκτικά adv (not as an intensifier)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בְּאֹפֶן מִלּוּלִי adv (not as an intensifier)
  • פְּשׁוּטוֹ כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ adv (not as an intensifier)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • szabályosan adv (not as an intensifier)
  • szó szerint adv (not as an intensifier)
  • szóról szóra adv (not as an intensifier)

Icelandic

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  • bókstaflega adv (not as an intensifier)

Italian

1 entries
  • letteralmente adv (not as an intensifier)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 文字通り adv (not as an intensifier)
  • 額面通り adv (not as an intensifier)

Latin

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  • ad verbum adv (not as an intensifier)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • буквално adv (not as an intensifier)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അക്ഷരാർത്ഥത്തിൽ adv (not as an intensifier)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bokstavelig adv (not as an intensifier)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bokstaveleg adv (not as an intensifier)

Persian

1 entries
  • لفظا adv (not as an intensifier)

Polish

1 entries
  • dosłownie adv (not as an intensifier)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • literalmente adv (not as an intensifier)

Romanian

1 entries
  • literalmente adv (not as an intensifier)

Russian

2 entries
  • буква́льно adv (not as an intensifier)
  • досло́вно adv (not as an intensifier)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bukvalno adv (not as an intensifier)
  • doslovce adv (not as an intensifier)
  • doslovno adv (not as an intensifier)
  • tačno tako adv (not as an intensifier)

Slovak

1 entries
  • doslova adv (not as an intensifier)

Spanish

3 entries
  • literal adv (not as an intensifier)
  • literalmente adv (not as an intensifier)
  • textualmente adv (not as an intensifier)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bokstavligen adv (not as an intensifier)
  • bokstavligt talat adv (not as an intensifier)

Tatar

3 entries
  • сүзгә-сүз adv (not as an intensifier)
  • сүзен сүзгә adv (not as an intensifier)
  • һич үзгәртмичә adv (not as an intensifier)

Turkish

2 entries
  • harfiyen adv (not as an intensifier)
  • resmen adv (not as an intensifier)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • буква́льно adv (not as an intensifier)
  • літера́льно adv (not as an intensifier)
  • у прямо́му се́нсі adv (not as an intensifier)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لفظی معنی adv (not as an intensifier)

Walloon

1 entries
  • mot po mot adv (not as an intensifier)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ממש adv (not as an intensifier)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate.

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Don't take that too literally.

Source: tatoeba (41924)

The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.

Source: tatoeba (63453)

Military discipline is literally rigid.

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