literatim
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of literatim
First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin, from Latin līterāt(us) + adverb suffix -im; see literate
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And the tall, fair-haired boy, with the big dreamy eyes, would rise and give page after page, "verbatim et literatim."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard
The titles of the books described, and the extracts, are given literatim, and, except as above noted, with the same accentuation and punctuation.
From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
Printed verbatim and literatim from the Original MS. at Dulwich.
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by William Poel
Whenever a person at his back whispered or suggested anything to him whilst he was speaking in public, without a moment's reflection, he always repeated the suggestion literatim.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
And this cash-value, it is needless to say, is verbatim et literatim what our empiricist account pays in.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
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