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Literally Emphasize True Exaggerated Surprising Putting Opera Tremendous

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You use l________ to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising .You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising .
Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people.
I literally crawled to the car.
word literally
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adverb
You can use literally to emphasize a statement . Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect .
We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up.
The views are literally breath-taking.
You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising .
Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people.
I literally crawled to the car.
If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated.
The word 'volk' translates literally as 'folk'.
A stanza is, literally, a room.
cefr-level B2

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