Definitions
1.noun(epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
2.nounA value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
3.nounA propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp
4.adjectiveExactly 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."
5.adjectiveFollowing 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."
6.adjectiveConsisting of, or expressed by, letters."a literal equation"
7.adjective(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
8.adjectiveUsed non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes."Telemarketers are the literal worst."