literal
adjective
in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical.
literals
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pluralof literal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But maybe not in the literals sense, but it’s about the price that you pay for things, that it’s a cost.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2015
Instead, Apple patched up Objective-C and XCode over the years, introducing incremental features like Grand Central Dispatch, collection literals, and blocks, making the whole edifice increasingly labyrinthine and ad hoc.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014
Mike read, following the lines with his pen, correcting the literals, and he cursed when the "devil" told him that ten more lines of copy were wanting to complete page nine.
From Mike Fletcher A Novel by George (George Augustus) Moore
“Those fellows of yours make more literals every day.”
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
