I can't seem to find the link that said this, but I believe the 1700's-1800's version of our modern use of the word "literally" was "veritably". They used it i

I can't seem to find the link that said this, but I believe the 1700's-1800's version of our modern use of the word "literally" was "veritably". They used it in the same ways we do when we use it the incorrect (non-literal) form.