- Types Of Speech
- You can use literally as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Literally
- A 4 syllables adverb and 9 letters with the letters a, e, i, l, r, t, and y, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter r. Literally starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters l, li, lit, lite, liter, and the ending characters are y, ly, lly, ally, rally, . Literally is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf war"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, literally has more than one word within it. There's 4 words which are lite, rally, liter, and ally.
- Pig Latin
- Literally in Pig Latin is said as "iterallylay or iterallylway".
- Unigram
- l | i | t | e | r | a | l | l | y
- Bigram
- li | it | te | er | ra | al | ll | ly
- Trigram
- lit | ite | ter | era | ral | all | lly
- Quadrigram
- lite | iter | tera | eral | rall | ally
- Word Gram
- Adverb Examples
- (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"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolutely | totally and definitely without question "we are absolutely opposed to the idea" "he forced himself to lie absolutely still" "iron is absolutely necessary" |
| Actually | used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated surprisingly "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out" "she actually spoke Latin" "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets" |
| As A Matter Of Fact | |
| At Once | |
| Bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| By All Odds | |
| Closely | in a close relation or position in time or space "the onsets were closely timed" "houses set closely together" "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress" |
| Dead | people who are no longer living "they buried the dead" |
| Decidedly | without question and beyond doubt "it was decidedly too expensive" "she told him off in spades" "by all odds they should win" |
| Definitely | without question and beyond doubt "it was decidedly too expensive" "she told him off in spades" "by all odds they should win" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Literally
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Literally | (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf war" |
View English words with the unique letters used in literally. Words With The Letters Aeilrty
Literally Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With L
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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