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▸ adjective: Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties
▸ adjective: (theology) (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it; (specifically) following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation
▸ adjective: (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
▸ adjective: (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact
▸ adjective: (proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
▸ noun: (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
▸ noun: (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
▸ noun: (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
▸ adjective: Misspelling of littoral. [Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.]
▸ noun: Misspelling of littoral. [A shore.]
Similar:
explicit,
exact,
word-for-word,
actual,
true,
real,
denotative,
pure and simple,
genuine,
unembellished,
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metaphor,
simile,
personification,
hyperbole,
metonymy,
synecdoche,
understatement,
litotes,
oxymoron,
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