1. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
   "a literal solitude like a desert";
   - actual, genuine, real
    
2. Without interpretation or embellishment
   "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
    
3. Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
   "a literal translation"
    
4. Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
   "it's the literal truth"

1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
   "The proofreader missed several literal errors in the manuscript";
   - misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error

Sounds like: list, Lieral, litt

Derived forms: literals

See also: denotative, exact, explicit, plain, true, unrhetorical

Type of: error, mistake

Antonym: figurative

Encyclopedia: Literal