literally
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Is literally a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of literally?
Definition
adv (English)
1. As an intensifier.Examples: "I had no idea, so I was literally guessing."; "I was literally having breakfast when she arrived."; "She was literally like, "What?", and I was literally like, "Yeah"."colloquial
2. As an intensifier.Examples: "He was so surprised, he literally jumped twenty feet in the air."; "On 9/11 people were literally glued to their TV sets."; "People can't even express their opinions freely in this country any more. Literally 1984!"proscribedsometimes
3. (colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.Examples: "It's not even hard to make—you literally just put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done."; "It won't take me long to get back, 'cause the store's literally two blocks away."Synonyms: merely, but, just, literally, merely, no more than, nothing but, onlycolloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary