literatim
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of literatim
First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin, from Latin līterāt(us) + adverb suffix -im; see literate
Example Sentences
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This will he copied, verbatim et literatim, leaving blanks for the name of the legatee, and appointing Sir Gervaise Oakes his executor, as in the will already executed.
From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore
More rarely, entry is made of some oddity of speech; and he has thus preserved in it, verbatim et literatim, what he declared to have been as startling a message as he ever received.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
Here, however, it is, verbatim et literatim, in its authentic shape, with all that is good or evil in it laid clearly before you.
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
Tom immediately sits down at the piano, and produces verbatim et literatim the whole of what he has just heard.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
The following lines are copied, verbatim et literatim, from a window pane in an upstairs room of the Talbot Inn, Ripley.
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