adverb

• Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
• (degree, figuratively, proscribed, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
• (colloquial) Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements.
• (colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.