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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Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively..
Scripturalist :: Scripturalist (n.) One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.
Bedung :: Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something..
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..
Elementally :: Elementally (adv.) According to elements; literally; as, the words, Take, eat; this is my body, elementally understood..
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..
File :: File (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Para- :: Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism..
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom..
Haecceity :: Haecceity () Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
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..
Sow :: Sow (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
Blindness :: Blindness (n.) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively..
Literally :: 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..
Killing :: Killing (a.) Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible..
Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..
Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively..
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