All 22 Uses of
literally
in
Angels & Demons
- As their notoriety spread, these lethal men became known by a single word-Hassassin-literally "the followers of hashish."†
Chpt 5
- The church claimed Lucifer was a reference to the devil, but the brotherhood insisted Lucifer was intended in its literal Latin meaning-bringer of light.†
Chpt 11-12
- The canisters are called 'antimatter traps' because they literally trap the antimatter in the center of the canister, suspending it at a safe distance from the sides and bottom.†
Chpt 21-22
- That much antimatter could literally liquidate everything in a half-mile radius!†
Chpt 23-24
- It was the traditional seal of the Vatican-the sacred symbol of the Holy See or "holy seat" of government, the seat being literally the ancient throne of St. Peter.†
Chpt 31-32
- "Con clave" literally meant "locked with a key."†
Chpt 33-34
- The words sounded oddly literal.†
Chpt 35-36
- Mr. Langdon, I am prepared to give my life tonight, quite literally, to save this church.†
Chpt 45-46
- Beyond that, though, there existed literally dozens of symbolic occurrences of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water throughout history-the Pythagorean cycles of life, the Chinese Hong-Fan, the Jungian male and female rudiments, the quadrants of the Zodiac, even the Muslims revered the four ancient elements …. although in Islam they were known as "squares, clouds, lightning, and waves."†
Chpt 45-46
- Literally, yes.†
Chpt 61-62 *
- The Chigi was an out of the way alcove, a literal hole-in-thewall, a tribute to a great patron of science, decorated with earthly symbology.†
Chpt 69-70
- Although Langdon had fully expected the sculpture to somehow "point" to the next altar of science, he did not expect it to be literal.†
Chpt 69-70
- He quite literally sent me another father.†
Chpt 83-84
- Seraphim literally means "the fiery one."†
Chpt 83-84
- Directly overhead, though, Langdon found himself staring quite literally into the face of death.†
Chpt 93-94
- I'm trapped in a box literally designed to "eat flesh.†
Chpt 95-96
- The entire Catholic faith had been built, quite literally, upon St. Peter.†
Chpt 117-118
- The Illuminati, in an act of symbolic defiance, had located the antimatter at the core of Christendom, both literally and figuratively.†
Chpt 117-118
- Eleven-fifty-one P.M. Necropolis literally means City of the Dead.†
Chpt 119-120
- The early Christians had believed in the resurrection of the flesh, and they'd used the holes to literally "feed the dead" by pouring milk and honey into crypts beneath the floor.†
Chpt 119-120
- Heaven, Langdon now realized, was literally where he was headed.†
Chpt 121-122
- The camerlegno had always believed the words "father" and "son" were religious tradition, but now he knew the diabolical truth-the words had been literal.†
Chpt 133-134
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)