literally

kelimenin tam anlamıyla

Söylenen sözlerin mecaz değil, tam olarak kendi anlamıyla anlaşılması gerektiğini belirtir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Exactly as the words describe, rather than as a way of expressing something else.

• The room was literally full of books.
• He literally fell asleep standing up.
• Did you mean that literally?

Nasıl kullanılır: take something literally (She took my invitation literally and came immediately.)

Eş anlamlılar: actually

Zıt anlamlılar: figuratively

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: literally true, literally mean something, take something literally, literally fall apart

abartısız, tam olarak

Bir şeyin abartılmadan veya olduğundan küçük gösterilmeden, tam gerçeğiyle ifade edildiğini belirtir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: With no extra or reduced importance added to what is true.

• Her account was literally true.
• The claim is literally correct, although it sounds unlikely.
• Every detail he reported was literally accurate.

Eş anlamlılar: exactly, strictly

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: literally correct, literally accurate, literally true