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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lit•er•al•i•ty (lit′ə ral′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the quality or state of being literal;
literalness. - a literal interpretation.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lit•er•al /ˈlɪtərəl/USA pronunciation adj. - being in accordance with the primary or strict meaning of a word or words;
not figurative or metaphorical:a savior of his people in the literal sense. - following the words of the original exactly:a literal translation from Russian to English.
- true to fact;
without exaggeration:a literal description of the horrors of war. - tending to understand words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way:He's so literal that he never knows when we're joking.
lit•er•al•ness, n. [uncountable]See -lit-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lit•er•al (lit′ər əl),USA pronunciation adj. - in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words;
not figurative or metaphorical:the literal meaning of a word. - following the words of the original very closely and exactly:a literal translation of Goethe.
- true to fact;
not exaggerated;
actual or factual:a literal description of conditions. - being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy:the literal extermination of a city.
- (of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way;
matter-of-fact;
prosaic. - of or pertaining to the letters of the alphabet.
- of the nature of letters.
- expressed by letters.
- affecting a letter or letters:a literal error.
n. - a typographical error, esp. involving a single letter.
- Late Latin litterālis of letters. See letter, al1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged truthful, exact, reliable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: literal /ˈlɪtərəl/ adj - in exact accordance with or limited to the primary or explicit meaning of a word or text
- word for word
- dull, factual, or prosaic
- consisting of, concerning, or indicated by letters
- true; actual
n - Also called: literal error a misprint or misspelling in a text
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin litterālis concerning letters, from Latin littera letterˈliteralness, literality /ˌlɪtəˈrælɪtɪ/ n |