Synonym: actual, erratum, genuine, literal error, misprint, real, typo, typographical error. Similar words: literally, literate, literary, literacy, obliterate, illiterate, literature, illiteracy. Meaning: ['lɪt(ə)rəl] 
n. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. adj. 1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something 2. without interpretation or embellishment 3. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text 4. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis).
n. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. adj. 1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something 2. without interpretation or embellishment 3. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text 4. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis). 
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1. What is the literal meaning of this word?
2. His interpretation of the music was rather too literal.
3. His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word .
4. The literal meaning of the word " cat " is an animal.
5. The literal meaning of 'television' is 'seeing from a distance'.
6. The emergency signal SOS has no literal meaning.
7. A literal translation of 'euthanasia' would be 'good death'.
8. Dennis is a very literal person.
9. He made a literal interpretation.
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10. Her interpretation of the music was too literal.
11. He was saying no more than the literal truth.
12. His views on the literal truth of the Bible brought him into conflict with other Christian leaders.
13. He tended toward literal interpretations and preferred unambiguous answers.
14. It's twist-and-go in its most literal sense.
15. But there we go, getting too literal again.
16. It's all painfully literal, and rather old-fashioned.
17. A literal translation would be estrangement.
18. For Kane a poetic metaphor became a literal truth.
19. From literal chump to deserving champ.
20. The literal rule is a rule against using intelligence in understanding language.
21. The comparison is a literal one as far as the abbeys and other religious houses in the list of libraries here are concerned.
22. A literal translation is given of the Arabic themes to highlight the partial loss of orientation through discontinuity of theme.
23. The word has a metaphorical as well as a literal meaning.
24. In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.
25. It is difficult for many people to accept a literal interpretation of the Bible.
26. A trade war is not a war in the literal sense.
27. You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a literal understanding of the text.
28. How many of the popular novels of the past evoke derision rather than appreciation if we read them in too literal a spirit!
29. As Leon Brittan has pointed out, the phrase doesn't even carry the same literal meaning in every language.
30. Mr Gow made it clear that he was not referring to small men in any literal sense.
More similar words: literally, literate, literary, literacy, obliterate, illiterate, literature, illiteracy, obliterated, alliteration, semiliterate, obliteration, liter, generality, liberality, lateral, after all, iterate, bilateral, inter alia, iteration, reiterate, collateral, unilateral, equilateral, reiteration, multilateral, quadrilateral, litterateur, counterfeiter.