literal
— Noun
– English
~ a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
literal error
— Noun
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~ a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
literal
— Adjective
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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"
literal
— Adjective
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~ limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
literal
— Adjective
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~ avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"
literal
— Adjective
– English
~ without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
literalise
— Verb
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~ make literal; "literalize metaphors"
literalism
— Noun
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~ the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
literalism
— Noun
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~ a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
literalize
— Verb
– English
~ make literal; "literalize metaphors"
literally
— Adverb
– English
~ (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
literally
— Adverb
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~ in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally"
literalness
— Noun
– English
~ adhereing to the concrete construal of something