Correctly
Literally
Literally adverb - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
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Synonyms for Literally
Correctly and literally are semantically related in exactly topic. Sometimes you can use "Correctly" instead an adverb "Literally".
Nearby Words: literal, literalism
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- right and correctly
- right and literally
- straight and correctly
- straight and literally
- precisely and correctly
- precisely and literally
- actually and correctly
- actually and literally
- truly and correctly
- truly and literally
- well and correctly
- well and literally
- rightly and correctly
- rightly and literally
Both words in one sentence
- The deformed Ephialtes couldn't wield it correctly, and when he was thrown out of the Spartan ranks (literally off a cliff in 300), he betrayed them.
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When used correctly, they were literally devastatingly effective, being able to set several enemy ships into fire at once.
Source: Action Bomb -
During the beer caddy segment, he makes a point of using the word "literally" correctly.
Source: Series / James May's Man Lab
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