Dictionary Scoop: Word Challenge (5/20/2025): Literal
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"
MaryLive long and prosper
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