literally

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/|/ˈlɪ.tɹə.li/    美 /ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/|/ˈlɪ.tɹə.li/|/ˈlɪ.təɹ.li/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
    — He's prone to exaggeration, so don't take what he says literally.
  2. In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
    — When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan.
  3. In a literal manner; exactly as stated, word for word.; Draws attention to a pun or other wordplay involving an idiom.
    — My daughter's pet rabbit had babies, and now we've literally got rabbits coming out of our ears.
  4. As an intensifier.; Used as a general intensifier or dramatiser, sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler. colloquial
    — I had no idea, so I was literally guessing.
  5. As an intensifier.; Used as an intensifier with statements or terms that are in fact meant figuratively and not word for word as stated. proscribed,sometimes
    — He was so surprised, he literally jumped twenty feet in the air.
  6. Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely. colloquial
    — It's not even hard⁠ to make—you literally just put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done.

词形变化

more literally comparative most literally superlative lit. abbreviation litterally alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
legiterally

词源

Etymology tree
Late Latin littera
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Late Latin -ālis
Late Latin litterālisbor.
Old French literalbor.
Middle English literal
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English litteraly
English literally
From Middle English litteraly. See literal and letter. By surface analysis, literal + -ly.
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