Definitions:

1. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration, used for emphasis adjective
   • That is the literal truth.
2. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text adjective
   • This is a fine literal translation, but it lacks all the nuance of the original text.
3. without interpretation or embellishment adjective
   • The witness provided the police with a literal depiction of the scene of the crime.

Synonyms:

• real

NearBy Words:

• literalise
• literalism
• literalize
• literally
• literalness