Literality example sentences

literality

definition

  - noun form of literal

lit·er·al

adjective

literal (adjective) · literal-minded (adjective)

  - taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory:

  - free from exaggeration or distortion:

  - absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately chosen to convey one's feelings):

  - (of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text:

  - (of a visual representation) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or impressionistic.

  - (of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic:

  - of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet:

  - a misprint of a letter.

Synonyms

literal, strict, factual, plain, simple, bare, exact, straightforward, stark, unvarnished, unembellished, undistorted, unadulterated, objective, narrow, correct, true, truthful, faithful, accurate, genuine, authentic, veritable, veracious, gospel, metaphorical, figurative, loose, approximate, verbatim, exact, precise, faithful, close, strict, undeviating, true, accurate, literatim, loose, liberal, vague, factual, unsentimental, levelheaded, hardheaded, prosaic, unimaginative, colorless, pedestrian, tedious, boring, dull, humdrum, uninspired, uninspiring, prosy, whimsical, misprint, error, mistake, slip, corrigendum, erratum, typo, howler

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