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A published author using "quite literally" like this? Tsk,tsk.....

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It was entirely deliberate. Contempt has two meanings in the context of that article.

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I see that. It is the use of "literally" I was cavilling

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Unfortunately that war was lost long ago: even the dictionary lists "figuratively" as one of the meanings of "literally" now. Maddening, but if you can't beat them...