Definition of literally

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Literally (adv.) According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh..

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Preponderant :: Preponderant (a.) Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance..
Effusion :: Effusion (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively..
Per- :: Per- () A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much..
Literally :: Literally (adv.) With close adherence to words; word by word.
Grammalogue :: Grammalogue (n.) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman..
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit..
Melting :: Melting (a.) Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood..
Metaphrased :: Metaphrased (a.) Translated literally.
Zollverein :: Zollverein (n.) Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..
Leave :: Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go..
Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain..
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel..
Bedung :: Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively..
Germane :: Germane (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant..
Chlorophyll :: Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (v. t.) Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation..
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
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