The meaning of LITERAL is according with the letter of the scriptures. How to use literal in a sentence.

LITERAL definition: in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. See examples of literal used in a sentence.

A literal translation of a phrase in another language gives the meaning of each separate word.

Definition of literal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

You use literal to describe someone who uses or understands words in a plain and simple way. Dennis is a very literal person.

To describe something as literal is to say that it is exactly what it seems to be. For example, if you put up a literal barrier to keep the world out, you've actually built a real wall.

1 day ago · From English literal, from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”).

A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language: $ can be a symbol that refers to the end of a line, but as a …

Alphabetic or literal writing is simply the written expression of the sound, and only indirectly expresses the idea.

[more literal; most literal] — used to describe someone who understands words and statements only in the most basic and ordinary way and does not have much imagination