literal sense in English

way in which something was meant to be understood, literal meaning

Use "literal sense" in a sentence

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

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

3. Literal sense of "pertaining to a… See definitions of Coltish.

4. Literal sense of "overflowing" is recorded by… See definitions of Abounding.

5. In a less literal sense, there have been some remarkably nasty Aurivorous executions throughout history

6. In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.

7. St. John's eyes, though clear enough a literal sense, a figurative one were difficult to fathom.

8. Mr Gow made it clear that he was not referring to small men in any literal sense.

9. 4, 5. (a) How do we know that Revelation 1:7 is not meant in a literal sense?

10. 17 Centuries after James died, false Christians waged war on and murdered one another in a literal sense.

11. The common name for the Coreopsis plant is Tickseed, which means a pot of gold in its literal sense

12. Christian theologians of a more liberal persuasion would tend to interpret Elijah's eschatological significance in a less literal sense.

13. (James 4:4) Does this mean, though, that Christians are expected to become anchorites, withdrawing from others in a literal sense?

14. A term broadly used to designate the practically uninterrupted Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.The term is used in a truly literal sense, i.e

15. In the 1890s yellow-Bellied was used in a literal sense to indicate fish, such as sole and flounder, that have light-colored undersides

16. We do not know if Deborah, the wife of a man named Lappidoth, was a mother in a literal sense, but this expression was intended figuratively.

17. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking or arresting persons by legal process, or with a view to trial; as to Apprehend a thief.

18. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking or arresting persons by legal process, or with a view to trial; as to Apprehend a thief.

19. The “waters of Nimrim” will become “sheer desolations,” in either a figurative sense or a literal sense —likely because enemy forces dam up their streams. —Isaiah 15:6-9.

20. Abattoir (n.) "slaughterhouse for cows," 1820, from French abattre in its literal sense "to beat down, knock down, slaughter" (see abate) + suffix -oir, corresponding to Latin …

21. Arduous Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an Arduous employment, task, or enterprise.; Arduous Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb

22. In the most literal sense, Arthralgia refers to any sort of joint pain. The word “Arthralgia” came into being by combining the Greek words “arthro,” meaning “joint,” and “algos,” meaning “pain”.

23. The literal sense of Abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, 'to Abase the eye.' But the word is seldom used in reference to material things.

24. So the SPS is not an accelerator in the literal sense of the term but is more like a sling whirled around at a constant speed but whose stones get heavier as they move.

25. The literal sense of Abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, 'to Abase the eye.' But the word is seldom used in reference to material things

26. The literal sense of Abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, "to Abase the eye." But the word is seldom used in reference to material things

27. (24) Which things are an allegory.--Literally, Which things are Allegorised--i.e., spoken in double sense,-- "Where more is meant than meets the ear." The allegorical sense does not exclude the literal sense

28. Ginczanka was seen as abstemious, of studiedly modest demeanour, and virtuous — she didn't smoke or drink ("except for a few drops now and then under the duress of social propriety"): Wittlin calls her "Virtuous Zuzanna (Cnotliwa Zuzanna) in the literal sense".

29. The term Autocephalous was used in medieval Byzantine law in its literal sense of “self-headed” (Greek: autokephalos), or independent, and was applied in church law to individual dioceses that did not depend upon the authority of a provincial metropolitan.

30. As nouns the difference between application and Applicability is that application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb while Applicability is the degree to which a thing is applicable; relevancy.

31. The Middle English word was brasen, "made of brass," from Old English bræs, "brass." In its literal sense, this word can mean "made of or resembling brass," as in a Brazen drinking cup from a medieval castle

32. Cuss (n.) 1775, American English dialectal, "troublesome person or animal" (usually with a defining adjective), a vulgar pronunciation of curse (n.), or else a shortening of the slang sense of customer.The word in the literal sense of "a curse" is from 1848.

33. Allegorical interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense, which includes the Allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the anagogical sense, as opposed to the literal sense

34. Class of Christians who regard infant baptism as invalid, 1530s, literally "one who baptizes over again," from Modern Latin anabaptista, from Late Latin Anabaptismus "second baptism" (used in literal sense from 4c.), from Ecclesiastical Greek anabaptismos, from ana "again, anew" (see ana-) + baptismos "baptism" (see baptism).

35. Anabaptist (n.) class of Christians who regard infant baptism as invalid, 1530s, literally "one who baptizes over again," from Modern Latin anabaptista, from Late Latin Anabaptismus "second baptism" (used in literal sense from 4c.), from Ecclesiastical Greek anabaptismos, from ana "again, anew" (see ana-) + baptismos "baptism" (see baptism).

36. γεγεννηκα (gegenneka), the original Greek word translated "have Begotten," is typically understood to mean "having fathered" or "having brought forth from the womb," but it literally means "having brought forth" or "having caused to arise," and is being used in this literal sense in this passage (see below).

37. The two Parables our Saviour Adduceth, concerning a King's making War; And other Men's going about to build: That they ought to forecast the Charge, and how they may be able to accomplish their Undertakings; I say, tho that Text is chiefly to be taken in a Spiritual Sense, yet may it be taken in a Literal Sense also; For when a Man undertaketh