Both Uses of
literally
in
The Secret Life of Bees
- Some things happen in a literal way, Lily.
p. 144..1literal = actual (not figurative)
- And then other things, like this one, happen in a not-literal way, but they still happen.
p. 144..2 *literal = true using the most basic meaning of the wordseditor's notes: This followed August saying, “Well, one time Big Mama told me she went out to the hives on Christmas Eve and heard the bees singing the words of the Christmas story right out of the gospel of Luke.” When Lily asks if the story is true, August says "Yes and no... What I mean is that the bees weren't really singing the words from Luke, but still, if you have the right kind of ears, you can listen to a hive and hear the Christmas story somewhere inside yourself."
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)