'literal' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'literal' with 3 example sentences.
- literal adjective
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: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
: without interpretation or embellishment
: avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
- literal noun
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: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
He explained the literal meaning of the sentence.
They can add a literal translation.
That isn't a literal translation, it's just plain wrong.