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English adjective: literal | |||
| 1. | literal being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | ||
| Samples | Her actual motive. A literal solitude like a desert. A genuine dilemma. | ||
| Synonyms | actual, genuine, real | ||
| Similar | true | ||
| Antonyms | false | ||
| 2. | literal without interpretation or embellishment | ||
| Samples | A literal depiction of the scene before him. | ||
| Similar | exact | ||
| Antonyms | inexact | ||
| 3. | literal limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text | ||
| Samples | A literal translation. | ||
| Similar | denotative, explicit | ||
| See also | exact, unrhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | figurative, nonliteral | ||
| 4. | literal avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) | ||
| Samples | It's the literal truth. | ||
| Similar | plain | ||
| Antonyms | fancy | ||
English noun: literal | |||
| 1. | literal (communication) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | ||
| Synonyms | erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | error, mistake | ||
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