Direct
Literally
Literally adverb - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
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Synonyms for Literally
Direct and literally are semantically related in exactly topic. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead the word "Literally" as an adverb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: literal, literalism
Both words in one sentence
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While Lordgenome has General Guame The Immovable; who first filled almost exactly the same role and later evolved (literally) into a more direct sidekick role.
Source: Non-Human Sidekick -
The Olympics literally became an ideological battlefield and a direct extension of the conflict.
Source: Why We Are Bummed Communism Fell -
Higher members can literally feel what a machine is thinking without a direct link.
Source: Technopath
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