| ADJECTIVE | all | literal, actual, genuine, real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | literal | without interpretation or embellishment | |
| all | literal | limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text | |
| all | literal | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) | |
| NOUN | communication | literal, misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
| Sounds | lih'terahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton | |
| Synonyms | actual, genuine, real | |
| Broader | true | consistent with fact or reality |
| Spanish | auténtico, genuino, real | |
| Catalan | autèntic, genuí, real | |
| Nouns | literalness | adhereing to the concrete construal of something |
| Meaning | Without interpretation or embellishment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a literal depiction of the scene before him" | |
| Broader | exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact |
| Spanish | literal | |
| Catalan | literal | |
| Nouns | literalness | adhereing to the concrete construal of something |
| Meaning | Limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a literal translation" | |
| Narrower | denotative, explicit | In accordance with fact or the primary meaning / meaning of a term |
| See also | exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact |
| unrhetorical | not rhetorical | |
| Opposite | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
| Spanish | literal | |
| Catalan | literal | |
| Nouns | literalness | adhereing to the concrete construal of something |
| Adverbs | literally | in a literal sense |
| Meaning | Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it's the literal truth" | |
| Broader | plain | not elaborate or elaborated |
| Spanish | puro | |
| Catalan | pur | |
| Meaning | A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error | |
| Broader | error, mistake | Part of a statement that is not correct |
| Spanish | errata, erratum, error de imprenta, error tipográfico, gazapo, literal | |
| Catalan | errata, error d'impremta, literal | |
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