Sentence examples for literally means not from inspiring English sources

Things work a little differently on the Internet, "literally" means not what it should mean, but "figuratively," we do things and act in ways that don't mesh with how we'd act in the real world.

It literally means "not at home".

The term bal tashchet literally means not to destroy wantonly.

While most of the objects of biological research have long been recognised as discrete (e.g., the word individual literally means not dividable, a notion very similar to that of a quantum), we still struggle with understanding the processes, such as evolution, linking them to potential emergent properties (analogous to the physicists' heat spectra) at higher levels.

Remember: a "gentle-man" literally means not being a person who resorts to physical violence as a solution.

Of course, I don't literally mean "now".

— for "kuuki yomenai" — a popular expression that literally means "can't read the air" or "clueless".

Mr. Abe quickly became an object of ridicule in the popular media, an embodiment of an expression popular at the time: "K.Y.," for "kuuki yomenai," which literally means "can't read the air," or "clueless".

What's more confusing though, is when the meaning of existing words changes on us, e.g. something very good can be described as "sick", or "literally" can now mean "not literally".

At least it still thinks "literally" means literally and not "figuratively".

Schizophrenia literally means "split mind," not that its a disease of split personalities, but that individuals suffering from the disease are often split off from reality.