literally
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in a literal sense
literally translated
Related & opposite
- figuratively antonym
- literal derived from
Sense 2 adverb
(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War
Related & opposite
- intensifier domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | figuratively |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | literal |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | intensifier |