Definition of literal

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Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.

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Duoliteral :: Duoliteral (a.) Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.
Upper :: Upper (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature..
Circumscriptly :: Circumscriptly (adv.) In a literal, limited, or narrow manner..
Compassion :: Compassion (n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration..
File :: File (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively..
Alliteral :: Alliteral (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration..
Degree :: Degree (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit..
Up :: Up (adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up..
Notation :: Notation (n.) Literal or etymological signification.
Gobemouche :: Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person..
Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth..
Pluriliteral :: Pluriliteral (n.) A pluriliteral word.
Metaphrast :: Metaphrast (n.) A literal translator.
Literalized :: Literalized (imp. & p. p.) of Literaliz.
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A wing, literal or figurative..
Ardor :: Ardor (n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays..
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Spiritualize :: Spiritualize (v. t.) To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
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