Synonym: actually, exactly, really, word-for-word. Antonym: figuratively. Similar words: literary, after all, rally, elite, overall, liberal, federal, funeral. Meaning: [ˈlɪt(ə)rəlɪ] 
adv. 1. in a literal sense 2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
adv. 1. in a literal sense 2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration. 
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31 Then you literally cut the sausage down the middle.
32 The children were literally starving.
33 The word 'planet' literally means 'wandering body'.
34 If you tell a person to "step on it" or "throw on your coat," they may take you literally,(www.Sentencedict.com) with disastrous consequences.
35 I said I felt like quitting, but I didn't mean it literally !
36 Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people.
37 Dagda, an ancient Irish deity, literally translates as 'the good god'.
38 The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people.
39 It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
40 When I told you to 'get lost' I didn't expect to be taken literally.
41 To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
42 I literally jumped for joy when I heard the news.
43 When he said he never wanted to see you again I'm sure he didn't mean it literally.
44 Let's jump in at the deep end - literally.
45 The woman is left literally holding the bag.
46 The views are literally breath-taking.
47 You see, my dear fellow, we cam-we literally camp.
48 Literally, we scared them to death!
49 She was quite literally keeping her chin up.
50 Now the Falls were literally thrust into the background.
51 They were literally bowed down with grief....
52 I am besieged with commissions, literally besieged.
53 Close your eyes to that garlic bread literally squelching in butter!
54 He decides, literally, to play for time and makes a debut at Nero's banquet that evening.
55 I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally. Bill Maher 
56 That wild sky and those immaculate rivers come flooding, literally, across the border.
57 As will be seen the courts have not applied this test literally.
58 We went through all the books, a crash course literally.
59 Alongside these markets, using in some cases quite literally parallel instruments, are markets for lending and borrowing other currencies.
60 I hate the way old actresses are literally thrown out to sea when they reach a certain age.
More similar words: literary, after all, rally, elite, overall, liberal, federal, funeral, mineral, several, naturally, satellite, in general, politically, jupiter, criteria, the general public, veteran, interact, inveterate, one after another, after a while, interaction, little by little, oral, rural, neutral, enthrall, central, cite.