The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LITERALLY which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2021.
Commonly misused adverb, or how to read the clues to 17-, 36- and 42-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LITERALLY | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Commonly misused adverb, or how to read the clues to 17-, 36- and 42-Across
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- countdown
- easy
- get
- documentation
- knowledge
- analogy
- ode
- cancel
- draw
- occult
- then
Crossword Answer definitions
LITERALLY adverb- Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
- (degree, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
- Used to intensify or dramatise non-figurative statements; tending towards a meaningless filler word in repeated use.
- Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
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