Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - literal
Literal
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 taking words in their usual or primary sense without metaphor or allegory (literal interpretation). 2 following the letter, text, or exact or original words (literal translation; a literal transcript). 3 (in full literal-minded) (of a person) prosaic; matter of fact. 4 a not exaggerated (the literal truth). b so called without exaggeration (a literal extermination). 5 colloq. disp. so called with some exaggeration or using metaphor (a literal avalanche of mail). 6 of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet. 7 Algebra not numerical. --n. Printing a misprint of a letter. Derivatives literality n. literalize v.tr. (also -ise). literally adv. literalness n. Etymology: ME f. OF literal or LL litteralis f. L littera (as LETTER)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin litteralis, from Latin, of a letter, from littera letter Date: 14th century 1. according with the letter of the scriptures, adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression ; actual , free from exaggeration or embellishment , characterized by a concern mainly with facts , of, relating to, or expressed in letters, reproduced word for word ; exact, verbatim , ~ity noun ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1622 a small error usually of a single letter (as in writing) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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