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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

You’re own source states the opposite

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    The opposite of what? I’m curious how you interpreted my words, because that quote does not contradict any claim I intended.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I understood you claimed that the first known use of ”literally” would have been used as ”figuratively”, but in the link it says it was used in a literal sense. But I’m tired so I might have gotten something wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh, no. I only meant that the use in the figurative sense was more than twice as old as any concerted movement against it. And even that movement is “old”. This isn’t some skibidi Ohio dreamt up by “kids these days”. It has a well established pattern of usage.

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