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Meaning of literal



Definitions of literal

1. [adj] - lacking stylistic embellishment

2. [adj] - of the clearest kind

3. [adj] - limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

4. [adj] - (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original

5. [adj] - without interpretation or embellishment

 

Quotes - Example use of the word literal

1. a literal translation of the scene before him

2. literal translation of the article

3. an awkward word-for-word translation

4. a literal translation

5. usually used for emphasis

6. it's the literal truth

7. a matter of investment, pure and simple

8. a literal description

9. wrote good but plain prose

10. a plain unadorned account of the coronation

11. a forthright unembellished style





literal Synonyms

unembellished

plain

pure and simple

word-for-word

 

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