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Definition literal

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”); see letter.

Adjective

literal (comparative more literal, superlative most literal)

  1. Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
  2. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
  3. (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
  4. (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
  5. (proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.

Noun

literal (plural literals)

  1. (epigraphy, typography) Of a misprint (occasionally of a scribal error): relating to or affecting a letter.
  2. (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
  3. (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable.

Results 448 Words with the letters LITERAL

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4 letter words with the letters LITERAL 
AIRT 4
ALIT 5
ARIL 5
EARL 5
ILEA 5
ITER 4
LAIR 5
LARI 5
LATE 5
LATI 5
LEAL 6
LEAR 5
LIAR 5
LIER 5
LILT 6
LIRA 5
LIRE 5
LITE 5
RAIL 5
RALE 5
RATE 4
REAL 5
RIAL 5
RIEL 5
RILE 5
RILL 6
RITE 4
TAEL 5
TAIL 5
TALE 5
TALI 5
TALL 6
TARE 4
TEAL 5
TEAR 4
TELA 5
TELL 6
TIER 4
TILE 5
TILL 6
TIRE 4
TIRL 5
3 letter words with the letters LITERAL 
AIL 4
AIR 3
AIT 3
ALE 4
ALL 5
ALT 4
ARE 3
ART 3
ATE 3
EAR 3
EAT 3
ELL 5
ERA 3
ETA 3
ILL 5
IRE 3
LAR 4
LAT 4
LEA 4
LEI 4
LET 4
LIE 4
LIT 4
RAI 3
RAT 3
REI 3
RET 3
RIA 3
TAE 3
TAR 3
TEA 3
TEL 4
TIE 3
TIL 4
2 letter words with the letters LITERAL 
AE 2
AI 2
AL 3
AR 2
AT 2
EL 3
ER 2
ET 2
IT 2
LA 3
LI 3
RE 2
TA 2
TI 2

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