English-Thai Dictionary

literally

ADJ อย่าง ตาม ตัวอักษร  ตาม ตัวหนังสือ  yang-tam-tua-ak-son

 

literally

ADV อย่างแท้จริง  อย่าง ตามจริง  อย่าง ตรง กับ ความจริง  virtually actually yang-tea-jing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITERALLY

adv. 1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively. A man and his wife cannot be literally one flesh.
2. With close adherence to words; word by word.
So wild and ungovernable a poet cannot be translated literally.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITERALLY

LITERALLY Lit "er *al *ly, adv.

 

1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

 

2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

literally

lit er al ly |ˈlitərəlē, ˈlitrə -ˈlɪtrəli | ▶adverb in a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle | tiramisu, literally translated “pick me up. ” • informal used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters. usage: In its standard use, literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a nonliteral or exaggerated sense ’: I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally . In recent years, an extended use of literally (and also literal ) has become very common, where literally (or literal ) is used deliberately in nonliteral contexts, for added effect: they bought the car and literally ran it into the ground. This use can lead to unintentional humorous effects ( we were literally killing ourselves laughing ) and is not acceptable in formal English.

 

Oxford Dictionary

literally

lit |er ¦al ¦ly |ˈlɪt (ə )rəli | ▶adverb in a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout | tiramisu, literally translated ‘pull-me-up ’. • informal used for emphasis while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters. usage: In its standard use literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a non-literal or exaggerated sense ’, as for example in I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally . In recent years an extended use of literally (and also literal ) has become very common, where literally (or literal ) is used deliberately in non-literal contexts, for added effect, as in they bought the car and literally ran it into the ground. This use can lead to unintentional humorous effects ( we were literally killing ourselves laughing ) and is not acceptable in formal contexts, though it is widespread.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

literally

literally adverb their name, translated literally, means ‘the river ’: verbatim, word for word, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter; exactly, precisely, faithfully, closely, strictly, strictly speaking, accurately, rigorously; rare literatim. ANTONYMS loosely, imprecisely; metaphorically.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

literally

lit er al ly /lɪ́t (ə )r (ə )li /→letter 副詞 more ～; most ～1 文字通りに ; 字句にこだわって ; 逐語的に ▸ interpret literally 文字通りに解釈する ▸ translate literally 逐語的に訳す, 直訳する 2 誇張なしに , 正確に (exactly ).3 比較なし ｟話 ｠(強意的に )文字通り , まったく , 実質的に (actually )▸ He is literally starving .彼は本当に飢え死にしかかっている (!実際に飢えて死にかかっている場合と, ただ非常に空腹である場合とある ) t à ke A l í terally [t ó o l ì terally ]A 〈人の言葉など 〉を文字通りに取る [取りすぎる ].