Does "literally walking out" mean "directly walking out"?

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A few months later I spoke to a ntionalgathering of Christian physicians, explaining how I had found great joy in being both a scientist sytdying the genome and a follower of Christ. Warm smiles abounded; there was even an occasional "Amen." But then I mentioned how overwhelming the scientific evidence for evolution is, and suggested that in my view evolution might have been God's elegant plan for creating humankind. The warmth left the room. So did some of the attendeers, literally walking out, shaking their heads in dismay.

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@oristarA,

Yes, if you are using the word directly to mean as at once, or without a delay.
We can take "literally" as in a literal manner or sense or exactly as what is being described, or word for word.

literally
lit·er·al·ly
adv.
1. In a literal manner; word for word: translated the Greek passage literally.
2. In a literal or strict sense: Don't take my remarks literally.

So some of the congregation left the room of national gatherers right after he mentioned his beliefs regarding the theory of evolution.

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@Falco,

Cool.
Thanks

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