literally

adverb

• Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor

  "When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan."

• (degree, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)

  "He was so surprised, he literally jumped twenty feet in the air."

• Used to intensify or dramatise non-figurative statements; tending towards a meaningless filler word in repeated use.

  "I had no idea, so I was literally guessing."

• Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.

  "You literally put it in the microwave for five minutes and it's done."