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| Lite | a., adv., & n. Little. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literacy | n. State of being literate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literal | a. [ F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter. ] It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Literal | n. Literal meaning. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literalism | n. |
| Literalist | n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literality | n. [ Cf. F. littéralité. ] The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literalization | n. The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Literalize | v. t. |
| Literalizer | n. A literalist. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| liter | (n) a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1, 000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints), Syn. cubic decimetre, l, cubic decimeter, litre |
| literacy | (n) the ability to read and write, Ant. illiteracy |
| literal | (adj) without interpretation or embellishment, Example: a literal depiction of the scene before him |
| literal | (adj) limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text, Ant. figurative, Example: a literal translation |
| literal | (adj) avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis), Example: it's the literal truth |
| literal interpretation | (n) an interpretation based on the exact wording |
| literalism | (n) the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature |
| literalism | (n) a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense |
| literalize | (v) make literal, Syn. literalise, Ant. spiritualize, Example: literalize metaphors |
| literally | (adv) in a literal sense, Ant. figuratively, Example: literally translated; he said so literally |