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▸ adjective:  Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.
▸ adjective:  Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties
▸ adjective:  (theology) (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it; (specifically) following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation
▸ adjective:  (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
▸ adjective:  (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact
▸ adjective:  (proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
▸ noun:  (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
▸ noun:  (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
▸ noun:  (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
▸ adjective:  Misspelling of littoral. [Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.]
▸ noun:  Misspelling of littoral. [A shore.]

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