LITERAL
\lˈɪtəɹə͡l], \lˈɪtəɹəl], \l_ˈɪ_t_ə_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of LITERAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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"
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a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
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(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation"
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of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
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lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
By Princeton University
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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"
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a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
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(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation"
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of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
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lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
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Following the letter or exact words; not free.
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Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; - applied to persons.
By Oddity Software
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According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
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Following the letter or exact words; not free.
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Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; - applied to persons.
By Noah Webster.
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Consisting of, or expressed by, letters; following the given words; exact; as, a literal translation; precise; as the literal truth; matter-of-fact.
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Literally.
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Literalness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Literally.
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Literalness.
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According to the letter: plain: not figurative or metaphorical: following the letter or exact meaning, word for word.
By Daniel Lyons
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Literally.
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Literalness.
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Word for word; not figurative; exact.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Word for word; not figurative; exact.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
