[anon2775]

The word "literally" is misused, unnecessary and annoying.

[pmiller2]

Unnecessary? Only in the sense that my sentence works without the word. It's a rhetorical device.

Annoying? You must be easily annoyed.

But, misused? Not if you agree with definition 3 on dictionary.com: "actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy." [0]

---

[0]: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally

[trippypig]

I should have know better than to use THAT word on the internet. How silly of me.

[mtVessel]

Except in this case, where it is required to distinguish the sentence being true in a literal, as opposed to figurative, sense.