1. (adv.) According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

2. (adv.) With close adherence to words; word by word.

absolutely actually closely dead definitely direct directly even exactly expressly faithfully in all respects in every respect in fact ipsissimis verbis just literatim plumb point-blank positively precisely really right rigidly rigorously square squarely straight strictly to the letter truly undeviatingly unerringly verbally verbatim verbatim et litteratim word by word word for word