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Dictionary Scoop: Word Challenge (5/20/2025): Literal


 

literal

/?l?d?r?l/
adjective

1.?literal:?taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory
"dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread"

2.?literal:?free from exaggeration or distortion
"you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events"

3.?literal:?(of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text
"a literal translation from the Spanish"




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