used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification
Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.
Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements.
Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)