literally

Example Sentences

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"Now we can literally make every component that you need for a radio on one chip using the same kind of technology."

From Science Daily

One literally eye-opening scene features a corpse’s eyelids being sewn to stay up so that she can be made up, propped up, and seated in a family photograph with her siblings and parents.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I did not expect to have to literally rebuild my life. And I still haven't," she said.

From BBC

But there are pitfalls and mined areas ahead, quite literally.

From BBC

"The equipment is literally operating at its critical parameters so that at least the residents have light."

From BBC