lit·er·al 
(lĭtər-əl)
(lĭtər-əl)adj.
1. Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.
2. Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation.
3. Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind.
4. Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation.
n.
Computers
Computers
A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language: $ can be a symbol that refers to the end of a line, but as a literal, it is a dollar sign.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin litterālis, of letters, from Latin littera, lītera, letter; see LETTER.]
liter·al·ness n.
- irreproachableness
- irreproachably
- irresistibility
- irresistible
- irresistibleness
- irresistibly
- irresoluble
- irresolute
- irresolutely
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- irresolvable
- irrespective of
- irrespirable
- irresponsibility
- irresponsible
- irresponsibleness
- irresponsibly
- irresponsive
- irresponsively
- irresponsiveness
- irretrievability
- irretrievable
- irretrievableness
- irretrievably