asıl itibariyle

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literally
Word for word; not as an idiom or metaphor

When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan.

Used as a generic downtoner: just

You literally put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done.

Simply; with reference to the first meaning of a word

Ants got into my computer and literally scrambled my data: Bugs were in my hardware.

Figuratively; used as an intensifier: really, very

You literally become the ball in a tennis match, you become the report that you are working on.

{a} with close adherence to the words
In the direct, word for word sense. With neither idiom nor metaphor
emphasis You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people I literally crawled to the car
in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally"
If you take something literally, you think that a word or expression is being used with its most simple or basic meaning. If you tell a person to `step on it' or `throw on your coat,' they may take you literally, with disastrous consequences
in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally
If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. The word `volk' translates literally as `folk' A stanza is, literally, a room
According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh
emphasis You can use literally to emphasize a statement. Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect. We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up The views are literally breath-taking
Really, as an intensifier
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf war"
With close adherence to words; word by word
word for word; in a literal manner; accurately; actually, virtually
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf war" in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally
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