WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
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| literally adv | (word for word) | letterlijk bw |
| | Translate the letter as literally as you can. |
| literally adv | (in the true sense of a word) | letterlijk bw |
| | His fingers were literally frozen so had to be amputated. |
| literally adv | figurative, informal (intensifier) (figuurlijk) | letterlijk bw |
| Opmerking: The use of "literally" in this figurative sense, for emphasis, is controversial but extremely common. |
| | If I don't get home 'til 3am, my parents will literally kill me! |