literal

Etymology
From, from , from , also , from , ; see letter.

Adjective

 * 1) Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.
 * 2) Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties
 * 3)   That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it;  following the  of biblical interpretation
 * 4) * 1998,, Is There a Meaning in this Text?, quoted on https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/13136/what-is-the-difference-between-a-literal-and-literalistic-interpretation-of:
 * It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. The former generates an unlettered, ultimately illiterate reading—one that is incapable of recognizing less obvious uses of language such as metaphor, satire, and so forth. ... Interpreters err either when they allegorize discourse that is intended to be taken literally or when they "literalize" discourse that is intended to be taken figuratively.
 * 1)  Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet)
 * 2)  Unimaginative; matter-of-fact
 * 1) * 1998,, Is There a Meaning in this Text?, quoted on https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/13136/what-is-the-difference-between-a-literal-and-literalistic-interpretation-of:
 * It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. The former generates an unlettered, ultimately illiterate reading—one that is incapable of recognizing less obvious uses of language such as metaphor, satire, and so forth. ... Interpreters err either when they allegorize discourse that is intended to be taken literally or when they "literalize" discourse that is intended to be taken figuratively.
 * 1)  Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet)
 * 2)  Unimaginative; matter-of-fact
 * 1)  Unimaginative; matter-of-fact

Translations

 * Arabic: لَفْظِيّ, حَرْفِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bogstavelig
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: bókstavligur
 * Finnish:, sananmukainen
 * French:
 * Galician: literal
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: literal,
 * Irish: beacht
 * Italian:, alla lettera
 * Japanese: 逐語的
 * Macedonian: буквален
 * Maori: pūrite
 * Old English: stæflīċ
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: literally, literală
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: doslovný
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:, sát nghĩa ,
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: дословен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, sananmukainen, sanatarkka
 * French:
 * Galician: literal
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, szóról szóra történő, betű szerinti
 * Italian:, alla lettera
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ordrett
 * Nynorsk: ordrett
 * Old English: stæflīċ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: literally, literală
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: буквен
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 文字上の
 * Old English: stæflīċ
 * Romanian: literally, literală
 * Russian:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1)   A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
 * 2)  A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
 * 3)  A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. undefined
 * 1)  A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. undefined
 * 1)  A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. undefined

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 直接量, 字面量
 * Czech: literál
 * Dutch: literaal
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Polish: literał
 * Portuguese: ,

Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) literate

Etymology
From, from , from , also , from ,.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  exactly as stated
 * 2)  relating to or composed of letters

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  understood exactly as written, without additional interpretation

Noun

 * 1)    value written in the source code

Etymology
, from. .

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1)  literally

Etymology
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