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Webster 1913 Edition
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 flesh2.
With close adherence to words; word by word.
So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated
literally
. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Literally
LIT'ERALLY
, 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.