LITERAL
/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
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Scrabble
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Definition
/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
noun
- (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp
adjective
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.“The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.”
- Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.“A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.”
- Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.“a literal equation”
- (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
- Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.“Telemarketers are the literal worst.”
Source: Wiktionary
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