Definitionadj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Last update: July 15, 2015
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Literal reproduction of speech. [Please select]
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His interpretation of the poem was too literal. [Please select]
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By unity Boole denoted the universe of thinkable objects; literal symbols, such as x, y, z, v, u, &c., were used with the elective meaning attaching to common adjectives and substantives. [Please select]
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"My no-supper is literal, Mr." [Please select]
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--I'ron-y, language intended to convey a meaning contrary to its literal signification.' [Please select]
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"She is literal and unemotional, and, in some ways, distinctly dull." [Please select]
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(The author regrets he has at his command no more delicate expression that is literal and illustrative.) [Please select]
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In the hall, it occurred to Queed that perhaps he had misled his chief a little, though speaking the literal truth. [Please select]
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We find that the primitive potter has often copied it in the most literal manner. [Please select]
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How literal this translation is I am not scholar enough to determine, but without question it gives the sense substantially. [Please select]
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I never feel quite sure of the literal correctness of my quotations, although I am generally certain as to the substance. [Please select]
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