noun🔗Share(epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter."The "e" in "elephant" was a literal in my report card, a simple typo the teacher corrected. "languagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program."``` In the code, the number 5 is a literal, directly representing the quantity without being assigned to a variable. " computingtechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp""A literal in this logic problem is either 'John is happy' or 'John is not happy'." "logicmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareExactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical."The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed."languagecommunicationlinguisticswritingstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFollowing the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties."A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent."languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareConsisting of, or expressed by, letters."a literal equation"languagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact."My brother is a very literal person; he took the teacher's instructions about the project very literally and didn't see any room for creativity. "characterpersonmindattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareUsed non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes."Telemarketers are the literal worst."languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
