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literally
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Sense: Adverb: precisely and not figuratively

Synonyms:

accurately , verbatim, word for word, letter for letter, to the letter, precisely , strictly , faithfully , exactly , not metaphorically, not figuratively

Antonyms:

freely , liberally, loosely , figuratively, metaphorically, fancifully, imaginarily, seemingly , theoretically, somewhat , as it were, so to speak, in a manner of speaking, in a way

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