This page will make sure you never confuse literally and figuratively again! Read the definitions, check out our example sentences, and be sure to follow the twitter feed to see how the internet is using these words in a sentence.
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Definition
Literally
In a literal sense
Examples
He literally jumped off the cliff.
Figuratively
In a figurative sense
Examples
Figuratively speaking,...
Live Twitter Feeds
What's the internet saying about literally/figuratively?
@drsuzy: @PennyExoticJean You blew everyone away http://t.co/KTKKCPh9a8 literally & figuratively...Well, almost everyone ;) Yr an erotic @angel <3
@EleaseMayer1: MESSAGE OF THE DAY: don't let life break your heart... ya heart keeps you going... literally + figuratively
@mkeeger: RT @RawnaldXO: Wow girls suck. #literally #figuratively
@RawnaldXO: Wow girls suck. #literally #figuratively
@Moosola: @MattDuro me too, right pain in the neck, figuratively and literally…
@emma_hobbit: S/o to those high schoolers who are still emotionally stuck in 7th grade. You guys stink (literally and figuratively)
@evasonnen: guys i'm FIGURATIVELY so tired. like i just don't want you guys to think i'm LITERALLY tired. those are easy to mix up.
@WorldChasters: RT @ChasterLeiTwin: Cha waved the Philippine flag literally & figuratively each time she went on stage, TV, or in movie. I salute her & pledge my allegiance!
@BrianDuffield: @devincf @Sam_Strange I'm an adult with braces you guys. Literally and figuratively. #fml
@broitsemma: i literally completely physically figuratively spiritually absolutely 197412853057230752307820% want to die right now
@melissedgar: I will literally miss college so much, not figuratively, which I don't think you assumed was an option. Just clarifying. Literally, so sad.
@MaryamValenzuel: MESSAGE OF THE DAY: don't let life break your heart... ya heart keeps you going... literally + figuratively
@pinkerdroit: i "get it" now. all the forces that once held me back, literally and figuratively, are slowly but surely fading away. [/dramatic]
@SaintKgotle: I've got designer bags, under my eyes. Literally & Figuratively http://t.co/ehQUP2UHwx
@ChaseLori: RT @HellaRadMuse: You had me at Taco Bell. Well not literally. Or even figuratively. But we can change both of those. Chalupa?
@Cool_Jesse: RT @HellaRadMuse: You had me at Taco Bell. Well not literally. Or even figuratively. But we can change both of those. Chalupa?
@DontRideMyWAVE: Explain RT @MyFavoriteNigga That's 'toes out' figuratively not literally.
@ThatGuy_RyRy: @_VintageMcFly you mean that literally or figuratively?
@MyFavoriteNigga: That's 'toes out' figuratively not literally.
@DatQUE3Real: The lil asian kid in #Kickin%Screamin remind me of my nephew dre #dyin figuratively n literally atm