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literality

American  
[lit-uh-ral-i-tee] / ˌlɪt əˈræl ɪ ti /

noun

literalities plural
  1. the quality or state of being literal; literalness.

  2. a literal interpretation.


Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of literality

First recorded in 1640–50; literal + -ity

Example Sentences

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If her description of “the Factory” strikes a superficial note, we can ascribe its stripped-down literality to Natsuki’s automaton identity.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020

The Danny Boyle–directed fantasia on British history flirted with campiness in its intense chronological literality and sheer theatrical bulk, but style aside, the pageant of excess was prime territory for true camp.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2013

It is also, in all its uncompromising literality, a direct and inevitable part of the system of doctrine which, with insignificant exceptions, professedly prevails throughout Christendom at this hour.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

But it cannot be unwise to accept in simple literality utterances of Scripture, however they may seem to strike us as strange.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

I shall not attempt to describe it more than I have already done; for the most absorbing wonder of it was its literality.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

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