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Definition of Literal

Literal According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. Following the letter or exact words; not free. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. Literal meaning. Related Definitions: According, Applied, As, By, Consisting, Construction, Exact, Expressed, Expression, Fast, Figurative, Following, Free, Giving, Letter, Literal, Meaning, Metaphorical, Not, Of, Or, Phrase, Real, Strict, The, To, Verbal

Literal Quotations Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. Voltaire The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. Karl Marx Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind. Bryant H. McGill Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. Theodor Adorno Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable. Toni Morrison

Literal Translations literal in Dutch is woordelijk, letterlijk literal in French is textuel literal in Italian is letteralmente, letterale literal in Norwegian is ordrett, bokstavelig literal in Spanish is literal literal in Swedish is ordagrann, ordagrann, bokstavlig

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