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Literal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Literal? [n] a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind [adj] without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him" [adj] (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation" [adj] limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" [adj] of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple" [adj] lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style" [adj] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Literal: actual \| denotative \| erratum \| exact \| explicit \| genuine \| literal error \| misprint \| plain \| pure and simple \| real \| true \| typo \| typographical error \| unembellished \| word-for-word Related Terms \| Find terms related to Literal: abecedarian \| accepted \| allographic \| alphabetic \| approved \| arid \| authentic \| authoritative \| barren \| basic \| bona fide \| boring \| candid \| canonical \| capital \| card-carrying \| Christian \| colorless \| conventional \| correct \| customary \| denotative \| dictionary \| dinkum \| down-to-earth \| dry \| dull \| earthbound \| essential \| etymological \| evangelical \| exact \| faithful \| firm \| following the letter \| genuine \| good \| graphemic \| honest \| honest-to-God \| humdrum \| ideographic \| inartificial \| infecund \| infertile \| lawful \| legitimate \| lettered \| lexical \| lexigraphic \| lifelike \| literatim \| logogrammatic \| logographic \| lower-case \| majuscule \| matter-of-fact \| minuscular \| minuscule \| mundane \| natural \| naturalistic \| objective \| of the faith \| original \| orthodox \| orthodoxical \| pictographic \| precise \| proper \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| pure \| real \| realistic \| received \| right \| rightful \| scriptural \| semantic \| simon-pure \| simple \| simplistic \| sincere \| sound \| staid \| standard \| sterling \| stolid \| strict \| stuffy \| sure-enough \| tedious \| textual \| traditional \| traditionalistic \| transliterated \| true \| true to life \| true to nature \| true to reality \| true-blue \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unassumed \| unassuming \| unbiased \| uncial \| uncolored \| uncomplicated \| unconcocted \| uncopied \| uncounterfeited \| undisguised \| undisguising \| undistorted \| unembellished \| unexaggerated \| unfabricated \| unfanciful \| unfeigned \| unfeigning \| unfictitious \| unflattering \| unideal \| unimaginative \| unimagined \| unimitated \| uninspired \| uninvented \| uninventive \| unoriginal \| unpoetic \| unprejudiced \| unpretended \| unpretending \| unqualified \| unromantic \| unromanticized \| unsimulated \| unspecious \| unsynthetic \| unvarnished \| upper-case \| verbal \| verbatim \| veridical \| verisimilar \| word-for-word See Also \| error \| mistake \| unrhetorical Literal In Webster's Dictionary \Lit"eral\, a. [F. lit['e]ral, litt['e]ral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See {Letter}.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. --Tyndale. 2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. --Hooker. 3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. --Johnson. 4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. {Literal contract} (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. --Bouvier. {Literal equation} (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation. \Lit"eral\, n. Literal meaning. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Literal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Literal?

[n] a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
[adj] without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him"
[adj] (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation"
[adj] limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
[adj] of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
[adj] lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
[adj] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

See Also | error | mistake | unrhetorical

Literal In Webster's Dictionary

\Lit"er*al\, a. [F. lit['e]ral, litt['e]ral, L.
litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See
{Letter}.]
1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not
   figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a
   phrase.

         It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the
         owls can not abide.                   --Tyndale.

2. Following the letter or exact words; not free.

         A middle course between the rigor of literal
         translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.
                                               --Hooker.

3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

         The literal notation of numbers was known to
         Europeans before the ciphers.         --Johnson.

4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative;
   matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.

{Literal contract} (Law), contract of which the whole
   evidence is given in writing. --Bouvier.

{Literal equation} (Math.), an equation in which known
   quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means
   of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.


\Lit"er*al\, n.
Literal meaning. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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