adv. 1 word for word, verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, literatim, faithfully, strictly, exactly, precisely, closely; thus, sic Generally cordon sanitaire means 'buffer zone', but literally it means 'sanitary line' 2 actually, truly, in fact, really When I said he'd spilled the beans, I meant it figuratively, not literally
LITERALLY
Meaning of LITERALLY in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012