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What is the opposite of figuratively?

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Adverb
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Exactly as stated in words, not figuratively or idiomatically
literally
verbatim
precisely
exactly
closely
faithfully
directly
accurately
strictly
literatim
direct
rigorously
correctly
really
sic
plainly
truly
actually
simply
undisputably
veritably
unerringly
rightly
indisputably
straight
unmistakably
undeviatingly
completely
word for word
letter for letter
to the letter
strictly speaking
letter by letter
at face value
line for line
not figuratively
Adverb
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Opposite of adverb for symbolic or metaphorical in nature
literally
accurately
exactly
factually
faithfully
simply
truely
prosaically
really
straightforwardly
unpoetically
authentically
objectively
genuinely
correctly
surely
precisely
truthfully
veritably
unadornedly
abstractly
honestly
fairly
nonrepresentationally
actually
legitimately
realistically
unadulteratedly
legitly
hardly
validly
circumstantially
credibly
verifiably
veridically
veristically
unexaggeratedly
historically
verisimilarly
unbiasedly
matter-of-factly
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