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Discover LudwigThe phrase "administered literally" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the application of something in a straightforward or exact manner, often in a medical or procedural context.
Example: "The medication was administered literally, following the exact dosage instructions provided by the physician."
Alternatives: "administered precisely" or "administered exactly".
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Chemo was ordered and administered literally moments after our oncologist gave us the good news that Donna's bones had been spared.
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A euthanasia advocate, Dr Farmer (Jacki Weaver, as a gentler take on Philip Nitschke) has developed a new machine that administers death literally at the press of a button.
If done in a hospital, it is likely that general anesthesia will be administered and will literally be "over before you know it".
The government didn't even attempt to disprove that five shots, containing nine vaccines administered to Hannah Poling in July 2000 literally caused her autism.
The Battle of the Crater might have passed into tradition as the blow that doomed the Confederacy, administered by ex-slaves who were fighting, quite literally, for freedom.
The nation, then known as East Pakistan, was administered by a regime located thousands of miles away -- a regime removed, both literally and metaphorically, from the needs, desires, and aspirations of its Bengali citizens.
My wife administered CPR.
Taxation is "poorly administered".
Administering Calpol.
(5) Administering investor relations.
Sarah is administering mascara.
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