1 | adjective | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something 2 | adjective | without interpretation or embellishment 3 | adjective | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text 4 | adjective | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) 5 | noun | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind (5 meanings)

l'iteruhl (IPA: lˈɪtɝəl)

lit-er-al (7 letters | 3 syllables)

1382 (Late Middle ages) (643 years ago)

Old French | Latin

literals

actual | genuine | real | erratum | literal error | misprint | typo | typographical error (total: 8)

figurative

error | mistake

littoral (based on typical American pronunciation)

littoral

lateral | liberal

tallier

literal error | literal interpretation

Mandarin Chinese: | 直 (adjective) Hindi: | शाब्दिक (adjective) Arabic: | حَرفي (adjective) Spanish: | literal (translation) | literal (meaning) | textual (meaning) French: | littéral (translation) | littéral (meaning) | propre (meaning)

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Completely straightforward | Exact | Like some meanings | Like some translations | Not exaggerated | Not loose | Precise | Verbatim | Without metaphor (total: 9) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

7 (International English) | 7 (North American English)

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