adverb🔗ShareLittéralement, au pied de la lettreWord for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor"When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan."Quand j'ai vu aux informations qu'il n'y aurait pas d'école demain à cause de la tempête de neige, j'ai littéralement sauté de joie et je me suis cogné la tête contre le ventilateur de plafond.languagewordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareLittéralement, pour ainsi dire(degree, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)"He was so surprised, he literally jumped twenty feet in the air."Il était tellement surpris qu'il a littéralement sauté six mètres en l'air.languagelinguisticsgrammarworddegreeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareLittéralement, vraimentUsed to intensify or dramatise non-figurative statements; tending towards a meaningless filler word in repeated use."I had no idea, so I was literally guessing."Je n'en avais aucune idée, alors je devinais littéralement.languagewordcommunicationlinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareSimplement, justeUsed as a generic downtoner: just, merely."My brother was literally just watching TV, not doing anything else. "Mon frère regardait juste la télé, il ne faisait rien d'autre.languagelinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading