literally
Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
Draws attention to a pun or other wordplay involving an idiom.
Used as a general intensifier or dramatiser, sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler.
Used as an intensifier with statements or terms that are in fact meant figuratively and not word for word as stated.
Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing