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0 pointslukifer13y ago0 comments

Google "definition literally". It's depressing, but that's the way the cookie bounces: language mutates, for better and for worse.

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SquareWheel13y ago· 1 in thread

    "Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling."

Well that just makes me sad. We don't really have another word to use in its stead, do we?

You could say "for all intents and purposes" or "practically".

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