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legiterally en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ləˈd͡ʒɪtəɹəli/

Etymology

Blend of legit(imately) + literally.

Meanings

1. (humorous, slang) An intensifier. Used similarly to literally (sense 2).
   • This the same girl that's "wasted" of a white claw dam her voice annoying (sic). - Yeah, legiterally. 2020 November 17, Jack Patrick Douglass, End my suffering (YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS #127):
   • “She legiterally has millions of subscribers! She's famous!” 2020, Bethany C. Morrow, A Song Below Water:
   • Space goblins is legiterally the best movie!! 2024, Jess Smart Smiley, Newsroom Nonsense (What Happens Next?), First Second, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 38:
   • At a friend’s encouragement, I recently tried, and am now legiterally hooked on, infrared Baptiste Yoga. 2017 November 6, Carly Terwilliger, “How Do You Crush Winter Doldrums?”, in SGB Media, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2018:

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