āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
literally
/lËÉĒtÉÉšÉâli/
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āĻāĻā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§, āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ
used for putting emphasis on something that seems surprising but is true
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When he said he was literally starving, he meant he had n't eaten all day.
āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨā§ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻāĻā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§, āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ
in a manner that expresses what is really intended, without exaggeration
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The comedian 's jokes about his job were funny because they were literally true; he worked in a clown costume at a theme park.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϤā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāϞ; āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
literally
literal
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