literal

Speech parts

1. literal - Noun

2. literal - Adjective

3. literal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

Following the letter or exact words; not free.

Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

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

Literal meaning.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

real erratum actual genuine misprint typo typographical error literal error ABC right true close simple etymological bona fide

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Antonyms

figurative metaphorical nonliteral amendment referential false

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Hypernyms

error mistake

Phrases with the word

in the literal sense not literal in a literal sense non-literal literal spider in a literal meaning

Anagrams

tallier

Examples

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing. John Searle

The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind. Christopher Hitchens

Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved? Carl Sagan

Literal meaning: The gauge has overflown. Arabic Proverb

Literal meaning: Save your white penny for your black day. Arabic Proverb

Literal meaning: The sultan's sword is long. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

literacy literae humaniores literage literal abattoir literal acid literal airship