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Grep of noun literal literal literal error literal interpretation literalism literalness Overview of noun literal The noun literal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal -- (a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind) Overview of adj literal The adj literal has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) actual, genuine, literal, real -- (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma") 2. (1) literal -- (without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him") 3. literal -- (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation") 4. literal, plain, unembellished -- (lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style") 5. literal, pure and simple -- (of the clearest kind usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple") 6. literal, word-for-word -- ((of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation") Antonyms of adj literal 6 senses of literal Sense 1 actual, genuine, literal, real INDIRECT (VIA true) -> false Sense 2 literal INDIRECT (VIA exact) -> inexact Sense 3 literal (vs. figurative) figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral => analogical => extended => metaphorical, metaphoric => metonymic, metonymical => poetic => synecdochic, synecdochical => tropical Sense 4 literal, plain, unembellished INDIRECT (VIA unrhetorical) -> rhetorical Sense 5 literal, pure and simple INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Sense 6 literal, word-for-word INDIRECT (VIA exact) -> inexact Similarity of adj literal 6 senses of literal Sense 1 actual, genuine, literal, real => true (vs. false) Sense 2 literal => exact (vs. inexact) Sense 3 literal (vs. figurative) => denotative, explicit Also See-> exact#1; unrhetorical#1 Sense 4 literal, plain, unembellished => unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical) Sense 5 literal, pure and simple => plain (vs. fancy) Sense 6 literal, word-for-word => exact (vs. inexact) Attributes of adj literal Familiarity of adj literal literal used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj literal literal nonliteral Overview of noun literal The noun literal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal -- (a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind) Overview of adj literal The adj literal has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) actual, genuine, literal, real -- (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma") 2. (1) literal -- (without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him") 3. literal -- (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation") 4. literal, plain, unembellished -- (lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style") 5. literal, pure and simple -- (of the clearest kind usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple") 6. literal, word-for-word -- ((of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation")
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