literal in English

adjective
1
taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.
dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread
2
(of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text.
He decided to undertake not only the literal translation of the text itself, but also three types of interpretation.
synonyms:word-for-wordverbatimletter-for-letterexactprecisefaithfulclosestrictaccurate
noun
1
a misprint of a letter.
Extensive mistakes may hardly count (as when the entire first edition was misprinted in italics), but literals can be crucial in a conflicted society which fetishes minor differences.
adjective
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "literal" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "literal", or refer to the context using the word "literal" in the English Dictionary.

1. Quite literal, aren't you?

2. You've become quite literal, Freya.

3. His people are completely literal.

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5. Literal English: “the poor in spirit”

6. Dennis is a very literal person.

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8. So the literal translation of “Amaretti” …

9. For the translation of English idioms, literal, liberal and literal plus liber al translation can be used.

10. This may vitiate a literal translation.

11. From literal chump to deserving champ.

12. A literal translation would be estrangement.

13. Epistolary literal theory is an important form of literal theories in the history of literary criticism in China.

14. A Connotation is a non-literal framing of a term that intends to add an association beyond its literal meaning

15. Coprolite fossilized animal waste (literal meaning ‘dung stone’)

16. Her interpretation of the music was too literal.

17. What is the literal meaning of this word?

18. In a literal sense, however, “to Besmirch” …

19. Connotations are not literal meanings of words

20. There was pollution, both literal and moral.

21. Literal error : Spelling mistake introduced in typesetting.

22. The “stars” here do not symbolize literal angels.

23. It's all painfully literal, and rather old-fashioned.

24. Constrain can imply both literal and figurative bindings.

25. But there we go, getting too literal again.

26. It's twist-and-go in its most literal sense.

27. He was saying no more than the literal truth.

28. A literal translation of 'euthanasia' would be 'good death'.

29. The literal meaning of the Yiddish word Bupkis is nothing

30. Beneath is mainly used in a literal or formal style

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32. This basically literal approach flavored Tyndale’s translation with Hebrew expressions.

33. 27 For Kane a poetic metaphor became a literal truth.

34. For Kane a poetic metaphor became a literal truth.

35. Literal Booleans must be one of these two bare

36. Well, let us continue our review of literal blindness.

37. Still others are literal, almost word-for-word translations.

38. Carrots had their literal roots in the foothills of Afghanistan

39. In this context, the word Abracadabra has no literal meaning

40. There is also growing differentiation between colloquial and literal vocabulary.

41. Is “the eternal fire” Jesus warned of literal or symbolic?

42. The literal meaning of 'television' is 'seeing from a distance'.

43. Any man who has built a literal house would agree.

44. It would have no need of a literal sun or moon.

45. Connote: To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning

46. Words have both denotations (literal meanings) and Connotations (suggestive meanings)

47. Bibliolatry: Excessive adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible

48. In the preceding article, we considered aspects of literal blindness.

49. That Syriac text was set alongside a literal Latin translation.

50. Are they literal or are they also “signs” or symbols?