Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin litteralis, from Latin, of a letter, from littera letter
Pronunciation : li-t(&-)r&l
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. verbatim, following the letter or exact words of the original, word for word; factual; accurate; relating to or expressed in letters. literal\lit"er*al\, n. literal meaning. [obs.] t. browne.literal \lit"er*al\ (-al), a. [f. litéral, littéral, l. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. see:
letter.].
2. 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.
3. following the letter or exact words; not free. a middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.
4. consisting of, or expressed by, letters. the literal notation of numbers was known to europeans before the ciphers.
5. giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.literal contract (law), a contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing.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.literal adj.
6. 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" [syn: actual, genuine, real].
7. without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him".
8. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" [ant: figurative].
9. lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style" [syn: plain, unembellished].
10. of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple" [syn: pure and simple].
11. (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation" [syn: word-for-word] a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum, typographical error , typo, literal error].
12. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
13. Following the letter or exact words; not free.
14. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
15. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; applied to persons.
16. Literal meaning. without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him" corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation" limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple" lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style".
17. 1. The literal sense of a word or phrase is its most basic sense. In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.
18. A literal translation is one in which you translate each word of the original work rather than giving the meaning of each expression or sentence using words that sound natural. A literal translation of the name Tapies is `walls.'.
19. You use literal to describe someone who uses or understands words in a plain and simple way. Dennis is a very literal person.
20. emphasis If you describe something as the literal truth or a literal fact, you are emphasizing that it is true. He was saying no more than the literal truth.
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