Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him"
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation"
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it''s the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
without interpretation or embellishment
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
