Actually
Literally
Literally adverb - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
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Synonyms for Literally
Actually is a synonym for literally in exactly topic. You can use "Actually" instead the word "Literally" as an adverb or an adjective. popular alternative
Nearby Words: literal, literalism
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and actually
- precisely and literally
- really and actually
- really and literally
- truly and actually
- truly and literally
- positively and actually
- positively and literally
- verbatim and actually
- verbatim and literally
- word for word and actually
- word for word and literally
- indeed and actually
- indeed and literally
Both words in one sentence
- Hatred: Some have decided to jokingly take the main character's "My name is not important" speech literally and actually call him Not Important.
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In the land his house occupies, the ominous mountains in the distance are actually fairly close to the house; they simply look far away because they're literally blurry, which is all Death really cares about.
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Turns Red: Played literally with Heihachi; rather than actually using Pandora's powers for his Pandora mode, he just gets really angry and his skin turns red.
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