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literally
adverb
1 word for word.
2 a often used as an intensifier in figurative contexts: actually; really; absolutely They literally flew down the road ;
b without allusion or metaphor: really The poor creature was literally torn to pieces .

literally || In sense 2a, literally is often regarded as incorrect or as poor style, but it is an appropriate intensifier within the context of the idiom it is intensifying; other intensifiers like really and utterly would not work within the image or metaphor on which the the idiom is based: The red carpet was literally out for them. Nurses are literally worrying themselves sick trying to cope with the increased pressures of their jobs. It was literally a dream come true. || Often, the use of literally signals the relevance and punning nature of the idiom, especially when it is a cliché, as in some of the examples above. Occasionally, the effect is comic: People have been literally beside themselves with frustration. Recommendation: literally is in common use to intensify an idiom, and this is not incorrect; but beware of unintentionally bizarre or humorous effects.

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