Comment on Betaworks has acquired the core assets of DiggparentComments−lukifer14yGoogle "definition literally". It's depressing, but that's the way the cookie bounces: language mutates, for better and for worse.−SquareWheel14y "Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling." Well that just makes me sad. We don't really have another word to use in its stead, do we?−Hovertruck14yYou could say "for all intents and purposes" or "practically".
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Google "definition literally". It's depressing, but that's the way the cookie bounces: language mutates, for better and for worse.
You could say "for all intents and purposes" or "practically".