Etymology
Origin of literality
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
Yet there have been epochs in the history of the Christian, and even of the Protestant Church, when its features have been reproduced with too faithful literality.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James
Truly, if the Positivist motto, "Live for others," be taken in stark literality, the modern workman should be a good and wise man, since he has no chance of living for himself!
From Signs of Change by Morris, William
Yet in all his dealings with the art-products of mankind he manifests the same curious dryness and mechanical literality of judgment—a dryness increased by pride in his non-conformity.
From Memories and Studies by James, Henry
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