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1 literally
adverb1) wörtlichtake something/somebody literally — etwas/was jemand sagt, wörtlich nehmen
2) (actually) buchstäblich3) (coll.): (with some exaggeration) geradezu* * *adverb We had literally a minute to catch the train.) buchstäblich* * *lit·er·al·ly[ˈlɪtərəli, AM -t̬ɚ-]1. (in a literal manner) [wort]wörtlich, Wort für Wortto take sth \literally etw wörtlich nehmento translate \literally wörtlich übersetzen2. (actually) buchstäblich, wirklichquite \literally in der Tat\literally speaking ungelogenthere were \literally a million tourists in the village over the weekend übers Wochenende kamen sage und schreibe eine Million Touristen ins Dorf* * *['lItərəlI]adv1) (= word for word, exactly) (wort)wörtlichto take sb/sth literally — jdn/etw wörtlich nehmen
2) (= really) buchstäblich, wirklichthe best meal I've ever had, literally — wirklich das Beste, was ich je gegessen habe
it was literally impossible to work there — es war wirklich or einfach unmöglich, dort zu arbeiten
he was quite literally a giant — er war im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ein Riese
* * *literally adv1. wörtlich:translate literally wörtlich übersetzen;take sth literally etwas wörtlich nehmen2. buchstäblich:he did literally nothing at all er hat buchstäblich überhaupt nichts gemachtlit. abk2. literary3. literature* * *adverb1) wörtlichtake something/somebody literally — etwas/was jemand sagt, wörtlich nehmen
2) (actually) buchstäblich3) (coll.): (with some exaggeration) geradezu* * *adv.wörtlich adv.
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