Literally
Literally adverb - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
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Synonyms for Literally
To tell the truth and literally are semantically related. In some cases you can use "To tell the truth" instead an adverb "Literally".
Nearby Words: literal, literalism
To tell the truth
Literally and to tell the truth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Literally" instead an adverb phrase "To tell the truth".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- really and literally
- really and to tell the truth
- actually and literally
- actually and to tell the truth
- truly and literally
- truly and to tell the truth
- indeed and literally
- indeed and to tell the truth
- in truth and literally
- in truth and to tell the truth
- in fact and literally
- in fact and to tell the truth
- in actuality and literally
- in actuality and to tell the truth
Both terms in one sentence
- They aren't literally forced to tell the truth, but risk losing their powers if they do so.
Source: Cannot Tell a Lie -
In a famous episode of To Tell the Truth, Garry Moore literally had a mess on his hands when a guest brought an armadillo into the studio.
Source: Road Apples - While sluagh are under no supernatural obligation to lie or to tell the truth, sluagh pride themselves as being information merchants of the highest caliber, and they are quick to literally cut out the tongues of their own peers who would dare to deliberately claim true a falsehood.
Source: I Gave My Word
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