Dictionary Entry
literal
literal is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
- 2adjective
Following the letter or exact words; not free.
- 3adjective
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- 4adjective
Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.
- 5noun
Literal meaning.
- 6noun
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- 7adjective
without interpretation or embellishment
"a literal depiction of the scene before him"
- 8adjective
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
"a literal translation"
- 9adjective
avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
"it's the literal truth"
- 10adjective
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something- G.K.Chesterton
"her actual motive"
"a literal solitude like a desert"
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