Both Uses of
literally
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- I was so scared someone might hear it that I literally begged Father to take me back upstairs.
Chpt 42-07literally = actually (not an exaggeration)
- Mother thinks that Mrs. van D. is too stupid for words, Margot that she's too unimportant, Pim that she's too ugly (literally and figuratively!)
Chpt 43-07 *literally = true using the basic meaning of the words (not a figure of speech)
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)