请帮忙翻一下短语“in the literal sense of the word”
In fact, I was sure there was something different. I vividly remembered
the flat black color of his eyes the last time he'd glared at me — the
color was striking against the background of his pale skin and his auburn
hair. Today, his eyes were a completely different color: a strange ocher,
darker than butterscotch, but with the same golden tone. I didn't
understand how that could be, unless he was lying for some reason about
the contacts. Or maybe Forks was making me crazy in the literal sense of
the word.1、请问,最后一句是什么意思?2、请问,“in the literal sense of the word”在此句中怎么翻译?应该不是字面意思吧?