In truth
In truth adverb - In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).
Literally
Literally adverb - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
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Synonyms for Literally
In truth and literally are semantically related. You can use "In truth" instead the word "Literally" as an adverb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: literal, literalism
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and in truth
- precisely and literally
- really and in truth
- really and literally
- actually and in truth
- actually and literally
- truly and in truth
- truly and literally
- directly and in truth
- directly and literally
- rightly and in truth
- rightly and literally
- positively and in truth
- positively and literally
Both terms in one sentence
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In truth, Teal means that the flower is literally wearing Aimee, as it's an invasive parasite that's covertly driven its tendrils into Aimee's body and is consuming her from within.
Source: Ice-Cream Koan -
In truth, they're both far more powerful than he is and almost literally eat him up.
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In truth, it was a defiance of this trope — quite literally, as April 20, 1999 was a Tuesday.
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