Definition of literal

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Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..

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Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. t.) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority..
Notation :: Notation (n.) Literal or etymological signification.
Triliteralness :: Triliteralness (n.) The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots..
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append..
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Duoliteral :: Duoliteral (a.) Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.
Found :: Found (v. i.) To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly..
Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.
Triliteral :: Triliteral (a.) Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word..
Ardor :: Ardor (n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays..
Triliteral :: Triliteral (n.) A triliteral word.
Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness..
Literalness :: Literalness (n.) The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..
Metaphorical :: Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense..
Quinqueliteral :: Quinqueliteral (a.) Consisting of five letters.
Triliteralism :: Triliteralism (n.) Same as Triliterality.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind..
Literally :: Literally (adv.) With close adherence to words; word by word.
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