legiteral

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adverb

An intensifier. Used similarly to literal (sense 6).

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Meanings

adverblegiteral (comparative more legiteral, superlative most legiteral)

comparative more legiteral · superlative most legiteral

  1. humorousinformaldegreeAn intensifier. Used similarly to literal (sense 6).

    “Did you feel that?” Allies asks, before whipping around to gape at Effie and me. Legiteral shivers,” Jennifer says, “every time I watch it.” “We've watched it half a dozen times already, and I'm still amazed at her.”

    2020 June 2, Bethany C. Morrow, A Song Below Water: A Novel, volume 1, Tor Publishing Group, →ISBN

Origin

From legiterally.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

legiteral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiteral

MLA

“legiteral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiteral. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legiteral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiteral.

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