The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - literally adv.

1) word for word, verbatim, line for line, letter for letter, literatim, faithfully, strictly, exactly, precisely, closely; thus, sic: Generally cordon sanitaire means 'buffer zone', but literally it means 'sanitary line'. 2) actually, truly, in fact, really: When I said he'd spilled the beans, I meant it figuratively, not literally.