How to pronounce literally in American English
“literally” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to literally the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“literally” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They are literally – the Iranians are literally helping Mr.
State Department
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literally not figuratively.
NIST
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Minorities, literally everybody.
NIH
Words that sound like “literally”
Words one sound away from literally — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “literally”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of literally. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.