= 文字通り・まさに。
この語を文字通り「文字通り」だけだと思ってると痛い目にあう。
Adverb[edit]
literally (comparative more literally, superlative most literally)
- (speech act) word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor quotations ▼
- Synonyms: actually, really
- Antonyms: figuratively, metaphorically, virtually
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.- (degree, proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes) quotations ▼
2.が曲者。ただの強調として使われる。1の同義語actually,反義語virtually。2の同義語virtuallyって真逆じゃんか。なので例文のように、
- I literally jumped for joy,
- he literally jumped twenty feet in the air
1は実際飛んでるけど、2は飛んでない。