bogstavelig talt

== Danish == === Etymology === Literally, “spoken literally”, from bogstavelig (“literal”) + talt (“spoken”) Compare similar constructions with Norwegian Bokmål bokstavelig talt, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstaveleg talt, Swedish bokstavligt talat === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔkˈstæʊ̰lɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/, /pɔkˈstæʊ̰ʊlɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰lɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰ʊlɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/, /pɔkˈstæʊ̰əlɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/, /pɔʊˈstæʊ̰əlɪ ˈtæ̰ːlt/ === Adverb === bogstavelig talt Literally Strictly speaking Word for word Word for word, exactly as stated or written Used to emphasize a word or term's actual or literal (written) meaning, or to make a word or term Used to assure that a strong, striking, or surprising statement is not exaggerated or misleading ==== Synonyms ==== (taken literally, understood literally): bogstavelig taget (Danish) (taken literally, understood literally): bogstaveligt taget (Danish) ==== Derived terms ==== (taken literally, understood literally): bogstavelig taget (Danish) (taken literally, understood literally): bogstaveligt taget (Danish) === References === “bogstavelig talt” in Den Danske Ordbog “Ærligt talt eller ærligt taget?” at Syntaksis