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  • without exaggeration — being accurate, speaking realistically …   English contemporary dictionary

  • exaggeration — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, gross, huge, wild ▪ mild, slight … OF EXAGGERATION ▪ degree …   Collocations dictionary

  • exaggeration — ex|ag|ge|ra|tion [ıgˌzædʒəˈreıʃən] n [U and C] a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is ▪ It would be an exaggeration to say that we were close friends. ▪ It is no exaggeration to say… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • exaggeration — noun (C, U) a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, more important etc than it really is: I can say without exaggeration he s the best operator in the business. | it is no exaggeration: It is no exaggeration to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • exaggeration — exaggeration, overstatement, hyperbole all mean an overstepping of the bounds of truth, especially in describing the goodness or badness or the greatness or the smallness of something. Exaggeration does not always or even often imply dishonesty… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • literally — /lit euhr euh lee/, adv. 1. in the literal or strict sense: What does the word mean literally? 2. in a literal manner; word for word: to translate literally. 3. actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy: The city was literally destroyed. 4. in …   Universalium

  • Religion (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of religion Marcel, Jaspers, Levinas William Desmond Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906–) seem like a mere aggregate of thinkers. Jaspers, a German thinker who coined the phrase Existenz… …   History of philosophy

  • literal — adj. & n. adj. 1 taking words in their usual or primary sense without metaphor or allegory (literal interpretation). 2 following the letter, text, or exact or original words (literal translation; a literal transcript). 3 (in full literal minded)… …   Useful english dictionary

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