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[–] 4 points 10 months ago

Hard to judge from your link, as apparently they paywalled it.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/literally

but I'm assuming it's not too different than this. Which also includes

(informal) used to emphasize a word or phrase, even if it is not literally true I literally jumped out of my skin.

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