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Word: Literal
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter)
ˈlɪt(ə)rəl
taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration
Short Definition:taking words in usual or most basic sense
Examples:- dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread
(of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text
Short Definition:referring to exact translation
Examples:- a literal translation from the Spanish
(of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic
Short Definition:lacking imagination
Examples:- his interpretation was rather too literal
of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet
Short Definition:of or in letters
Examples:- literal mnemonics
Word: Literal
Speech Type: Noun
ˈlɪt(ə)rəl
a misprint of a letter.
Short Definition:misprint
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