"Trump lied today," rather than, "Trump literally lied today." (I don't know what it was, but the odds make it almost certain that he did.)
Literally, completely, totally, honestly and so on are almost always excessive verbiage. Although "honestly" is useful, since it's very often a flag indicating that the speaker has just lied or is about to.
It annoys me when people use the word literally incorrectly
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Simple solution:
"Trump lied today," rather than, "Trump literally lied today." (I don't know what it was, but the odds make it almost certain that he did.)
Literally, completely, totally, honestly and so on are almost always excessive verbiage. Although "honestly" is useful, since it's very often a flag indicating that the speaker has just lied or is about to.