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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions literally adverb  In the direct, word for word sense. With neither idiom nor metaphor. When my sewing kit fell off of the barn loft, I had to look for a needle in a haystack. (proscribed) really, Really (as an intensifier; see usage notes) 1827: Sir Walter Scott, Chronicles of the Canongate : The house was electrified; and it was only from witnessing the effects of her genius that he could guess to what a pitch theatrical excellence could be carried. 1847: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre : Literally, I was (what he often called me) the apple of his eye. 1850: Charles Dickens, David Copperfield. : ...there is never a candle lighted in this house, until one's eyes are falling out of one's head with being stretched to read the paper. 1894: Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. : ...at a time when Europe was ringing with his name and when his room was ankle-deep with congratulatory telegrams... 1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure. : It was teeming, stratified, with the shades of human groups, who had met there for tragedy, comedy, farce... 1993: Wayne W. Dyer, Real Magic, p.193 : You become the ball in a tennis match, you become the report that you are working on ... 1999 Oct 21: Ridley99, Re: 5 best comic artists ao all time, <tt>rec.arts.comics.misc</tt>, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.misc/msg/ecb8595ee6baaad9?dmode=source&hl=en : He can turn the world upside down with his gift of perspective and vanishing points. 2002: Norbert P. Psuty & Douglas D. Ofiara, Costal Hazard Management: lessons and future directions from New Jersey, p.247 : The summer populations of beach communities explode, and the local infrastructure (roads, water, sewerage, waste hauling) either wear out or exceed their designed capacities more quickly. 2004 Mar 18: Zelgadis, Re: Hello Newsgroup, <tt>alt.games.everquest</tt>, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/msg/f475b309fe4ebb31?dmode=source&hl=en : He's just that bad that he was striped of his post count at one point, which caused him to explode into tears (hey, he even sent me an IM). Translations:  Dutch: letterlijk French: texto, mot í  mot Italian: letteralmente Spanish: literalmente        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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