[ˈlɪt(ə)rəl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration
(e.g: dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread)

- (of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text
(e.g: a literal translation from the Spanish)

- (of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic
(e.g: his interpretation was rather too literal)

- of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet
(e.g: literal mnemonics)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter)

[ˈlɪt(ə)rəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a misprint of a letter


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter)