[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

literal \lit"eral\ li^t"~eral, a. f. lit'eral,
   litt'eral, l. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a
   letter. see letter.
   1. according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not
      figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a
      phrase.
      1913 webster

            it hath but one simple literal sense whose light the
            owls can not abide.                   --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   2. following the letter or exact words; not free.
      1913 webster

            a middle course between the rigor of literal
            translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   3. consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
      1913 webster

            the literal notation of numbers was known to
            europeans before the ciphers.         --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative;
      matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.
      1913 webster

   literal contract law, a contract of which the whole
      evidence is given in writing. --bouvier.

   literal equation math., an equation in which known
      quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means
      of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.
      1913 webster
see also:
letter literal contract literal equation numerical equation 

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