Definition of literal

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

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Haecceity :: Haecceity () Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book..
Arduous :: Arduous (a.) Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb..
Illiteral :: Illiteral (a.) Not literal.
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative..
Pluriliteral :: Pluriliteral (n.) A pluriliteral word.
Bedung :: Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively..
Blindness :: Blindness (n.) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively..
Application :: Application (n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb..
Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
Pantoscopic :: Pantoscopic (a.) Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects..
Alphabetical :: Alphabetical (a.) Literal.
Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness..
Allegorize :: Allegorize (v. t.) To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it..
Nominal :: Nominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition..
Literal :: Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..
Literal :: Literal (a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters..
Literalness :: Literalness (n.) The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
Triliteralism :: Triliteralism (n.) Same as Triliterality.
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