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The correct spelling is literal.
How to pronounce literal
/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
nounIPA: /ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
Say it like: Lit-era-l
The correct spelling is literal. (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. For example: "The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed."
Usage Examples
“The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.”
“A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.”
“a literal equation”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(epigraphy) 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. Wp
adjective
- 1.Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
- 2.Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
- 3.Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- 4.(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
- 5.Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
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