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Literal

Adjective

Définitions

1.AdjectiveExactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
"The literal translation of Spanish irse al otro barrio is "to go to the other neighbourhood" but it means "to die".; A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent."
2.AdjectiveActual, real, physical.
3.AdjectiveThat which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it. Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
4.AdjectiveThat which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
5.AdjectiveFollowing the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
6.AdjectiveConsisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
"a literal equation"
7.AdjectiveUnimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
8.AdjectiveUsed nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
"Telemarketers are the literal worst."
9.AdjectiveMisspelling of littoral.
10.NounA misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
11.NounA value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
12.NounA propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable.
13.NounMisspelling of littoral.
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