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/lˈÉĒtəɹə‍li/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "literally"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇, āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ

used for putting emphasis on something that seems surprising but is true
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When he said he was literally starving, he meant he had n't eaten all day.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇, āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ

in a manner that expresses what is really intended, without exaggeration
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The comedian 's jokes about his job were funny because they were literally true; he worked in a clown costume at a theme park.
āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ; āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

literally
literal
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ