Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAbbreviation of literally.
Clipping of literally + -o (diminutive suffix). Literally is pronounced (in British English) with a reduced or completely absent ⟨e⟩, which may explain the syncope of the ⟨e⟩ in this term.
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- Word-formation componentliterallyen
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