Back in college we did choir tour via coach bus. One time someone (not me (HONEST! )) did #2 in there and stunk up the whole back half of the bus. From then on anytime someone entered the lavatory numerous people would yell out “no pooping!!!”
“the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle”
Similar:
verbatim, word for word, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter, exactly, precisely, faithfully, closely, strictly, strictly speaking, accurately, rigorously, literatim
Opposite:
loosely, imprecisely, metaphorically
** INFORMAL*
used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
“I was literally blown away by the response I got”
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