Some of these pieces literally took you years to do.

"You must literally take music in and let it out of yourself," he said.

This was her standard question, meant to be taken literally.

That has literally taken 20 years to die, but it's finally dead.

You're here for half a day and two women literally take possession of you.

Sometimes, he can be over the top in a way that his players understand to take seriously but not literally.

Everyday language, yes, but the words should not be taken literally.

He literally took his artillery and men under the ground.

How much more of what this shower say should we not take literally?

"We want to see young people literally taking their own ideas and creating," she said.