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		manojlds on Jan 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of re... 99% literally use literally wrong though.

amarento on Jan 4, 2023 [–]

And the converse of "Literally" is, or should be, "Illiterally", I think, I don't know, literally.

shkkmo on Jan 4, 2023 | | [–]

I would consider the converse of "literally" to be "figuratively".

"Literally" literally means "literally", but figuratively now means "figuratively".

scrumper on Jan 4, 2023 | | [–]

M-x mansplain-pedant-mode

It's "figuratively" or, more... literally, "metaphorically."

93po on Jan 4, 2023 | | [–]

pretty sure it was a joke

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