Associations to the word «Literal»
Noun
- Quran
- Wording
- Hadith
- Interpreting
- Overly
- Formula
- Physical
- Conjunction
- Pivot
- Fulfillment
- Constant
- Constraint
- Fable
- Adherence
- Connotation
- Quotation
- Pun
- Embodiment
- Resurrection
- Rabbinic
- Digit
- Phrase
- Copying
- Notation
- Logic
- Calculus
- Observance
- Ism
- Node
- Linguistic
- Babylon
- Jehovah
- Proverb
- Talmud
- Assignment
- Programming
- Default
- Hebrew
- Ci
- Eucharist
- Depiction
- Torah
- Abbreviation
- Propagation
- Obedience
- Mantra
- Homelessness
- Hearer
- Insistence
- Symbolism
- Transcript
- Array
- Atonement
- Sufi
- Commandment
- Irony
- Equivalent
- Augustine
- Imagery
- Narrative
- Sanskrit
- Absurdity
- Stack
- Rendition
- Adventist
- Ambiguity
- Philo
- Approximation
- Analogy
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
LITERAL, adjective. Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
LITERAL, adjective. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
LITERAL, adjective. (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
LITERAL, adjective. (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
LITERAL, noun. (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
LITERAL, noun. (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.[1]
LITERAL BELIEF, noun. Believing in a statement literally, often referring to Christian belief that the Bible is true, in the literal sense.
LITERAL RULE, noun. (legal) The method of strictly interpreting a statute according unto the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.
Dictionary definition
LITERAL, noun. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
LITERAL, adjective. 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".
LITERAL, adjective. Without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him".
LITERAL, adjective. Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation".
LITERAL, adjective. Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.