different between literally vs lir
literally
English
Alternative forms
- lit. (abbreviation)
- litterally (obsolete)
Etymology
From literal +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?t???li/, /?l?t??li/, (colloquial) /?l?t??li/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?t???li/, [?l?.??.?.li]
Adverb
literally (comparative more literally, superlative most literally)
- word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
- Synonyms: actually, really; see also Thesaurus:actually
- Antonyms: figuratively, metaphorically, virtually
- (degree, figuratively, proscribed, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
- Synonym: virtually
- 1993, Wayne W. Dyer, Real Magic, page 193:
- You literally become the ball in a tennis match, you become the report that you are working on […]
- 2017, New Straits Times (Malaysia) 22 April, page 20:
- [O]ne can assume that the millions or billions of ringgit spent on the war against drugs have gone down the drain, literally.
- (colloquial) Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements.
- (colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
- Synonyms: merely; see also Thesaurus:merely
Usage notes
Literally is the opposite of figuratively and many authorities object to the use of literally as an intensifier for figurative statements. For example “you literally become the ball”, without any figurative sense, means actually transforming into a spherical object, which is clearly impossible. Rather, the speaker is using literally as an intensifier, to indicate that the metaphor is to be understood in the strongest possible sense. This type of usage is common in informal speech (“she was literally in floods of tears”) and is attested since 1769.
Translations
literally From the web:
- what literally means
- what literally fueled the industrial revolution
- what literally is the valley of the ashes
- what literally is the white man’s burden
- what literary device
- what literally happened
- what literally happened in the bee movie
- what literary work contains this woodcut
lir
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?r/
- Homophone: lyr
Noun
lir
- genitive plural of lira
Danish
Noun
lir c
- sexually arousing act
- impressive showoff of an instrument or the like
Irish
Noun
lir
- genitive singular of lear
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin l?bra (“pound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?ir/
Noun
lir m anim
- lira (“former currency of Italy, San Marino and Vatican City”)
Declension
See also
- lira
Further reading
- lir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
lir From the web:
- what lies below
- what lies beneath
- what lira means
- what lirr line is mineola on
- what lies below movie
- what lirr goes to belmont
- what lirr train goes to mineola
- what lies below cast
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