All 3 Uses of
literally
in
The Idiot
- Very likely I expressed myself funnily, and I may have looked funny, but, for all that, I believe I understand where honour lies, and what I said was but the literal truth.†
Chpt 1.16
- I dare say she was annoyed that you didn't come; but she ought to have known that one can't write like that to an idiot like you, for you'd be sure to take it literally."†
Chpt 2.12
- The greater number must, literally, have died of starvation.†
Chpt 3.4 *
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)