All 9 Uses of
literally
in
Crime and Punishment
- Now, Zossimov, you may not believe me, that question was put literally in those words.†
Chpt 2.4
- A little girl, still younger, dressed literally in rags, stood at the screen, waiting for her turn.†
Chpt 2.7
- I was literally out of my mind.†
Chpt 3.3
- You believe it literally?†
Chpt 3.5 *
- Literally.†
Chpt 3.5
- Then all of a sudden she would be disillusioned and would rudely and contemptuously repulse the person she had only a few hours before been literally adoring.†
Chpt 5.2
- My explanation is that Marfa Petrovna was an ardent and impressionable woman and simply fell in love herself—literally fell in love—with your sister.†
Chpt 6.4
- She had the unfortunate habit of telling literally everyone all our family secrets and continually complaining of me; how could she fail to confide in such a delightful new friend?†
Chpt 6.4
- Her breath literally failed her.†
Chpt 6.5
Definition:
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(literally as in: literally--not figuratively) actually true using the basic meaning of the words (not an exaggeration, metaphor, or other type of figurative speech)