legiterally

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/ləˈd͡ʒɪtəɹəli/

adverb

An intensifier. Used similarly to literally (sense 2).

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Meanings

adverblegiterally (comparative more legiterally, superlative most legiterally)

comparative more legiterally · superlative most legiterally

  1. humorousslangAn intensifier. Used similarly to literally (sense 2).

    Space goblins is legiterally the best movie!!

    2024, Jess Smart Smiley, Newsroom Nonsense (What Happens Next?), First Second, via Google Books, →ISBN, page 38
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    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

    “She legiterally has millions of subscribers! She's famous!”

    2020, Bethany C. Morrow, A Song Below Water

    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)

Origin

Blend of legit(imately) + literally.

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APA

legiterally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiterally

MLA

“legiterally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiterally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legiterally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legiterally.

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