7 sentences with 'literally'
Example sentences and phrases with the word literally and other words derived from it.
• « Bureaucracy (which literally means "rule by office") is one of the most underestimated phenomena in history, probably because the concept is not particularly exciting to most people. »
• « "Panhellenic" literally means "all Greece", and the games were intended to unite all the Greek polis, including those founded by colonists and located far from Greece itself. »
• « The word 'philosophy' literally means 'love of knowledge', and in the ancient world the people we might identify as Greek 'scientists' were simply regarded as philosophers by their fellow Greeks, who happened to be particularly interested in how the world worked and what things were made of. »
• « As noted above, the word "philosophy" literally means "love of knowledge", and Greek philosophers did much more than contemplate the meaning of life; they were often mathematicians, physicists and literary critics, as well as "philosophers" in the sense in which that word is used today. »
• « In a sense, the Romans prided themselves on believing that their ancient heritage involved being literally raised by wolves. »