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4. veritable, real, true, unimaginary, unfictitious; genuine, authentic, Inf. sure-enough, bona fide, legitimate.
literally, adv. 1. word for word, verbatim, Fr. mot A mot, line for line, letter for letter, literatim, Latin, verbatim et literatim; exactly, precisely, accurately, closely, faithfully, honestly, strictly, to a hair, to the letter; in the strict sense of the word, strictly speaking, in plain English, simply, plainly.
2. actually, really, truly; apparently, evidently, obviously; surely, certainly, definitely; positively, absolutely, undeniably, indubitably, unquestionably, indisputably.
literalness, n. 1. literality, accuracy, exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness, closeness, faithfulness, trueness, truth, authenticity, honesty, explicitness; unambiguousness, unambiguity, clearness, unequivocality; factualness, factuality, actuality, actualness, realism, reality, credibility, credibleness, believableness, naturalness.
2. objectivity, directness, straightness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, pureness.
3. literal-mindedness, prosaicness, prosiness, unimaginativeness, unimagination, dullness, boringness, boredom; vapidity, tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness; slowness, simple-mindedness, obtuseness, bluntness, heaviness.
4. narrowness, hideboundness, inflexibleness, inflexibility, rigidness, rigidity.
literary, adj. 1. written, of writing, of books, of literature, of letters, of belles-lettres; published, printed, in print, in black and white, of the printed word.
2. versed, well-versed, conversant, well-read, book-learned, lettered, cultured, cultivated, refined; highbrow, highbrowed, Inf. long-haired or longhair, Inf. arty, SI. artsy; knowledgeable, educated, well-educated, well-schooled, well-instructed, well-tutored, well-trained, well-posted, well-grounded, well-informed, Archaic, studied, erudite, punditic, scholarly, scholastic, academic, professorial, pedagoguish, donnish; pedantic, pedantical, pedantesque, pompous, know-it-all; stilted, stiff, stuffy, formal.
3. bookish, bibliophilistic, bibliophilic, bibli-ophagous, bibliophagic, like a bookworm; studious, always with one's nose in a book, intellectual, cerebral, brainy.
literate, adj. 1. educated, book-learned, schooled, instructed, tutored, trained, able to read and write; well-educated, well-schooled, well-instructed, well-tutored, well-informed, Archaic, studied; knowledgeable, erudite, punditic, scholarly.
2. literary, lettered, of letters, of literature, of belles-lettres; versed, well-versed, well-read, cultured, cultivated, refined. See - literary (def 2).
3. well-written, grammatical, correct, stylish, polished, skillful; lucid, perspicuous, clear, articulate, express, explicit, sharp, legible; coherent, intelligible, understandable, comprehensible, comprehendible.
literati, n. intellectuals, intelligentsia, cognoscenti, philosophes, SI. brains, savants, learned men or women, academes, the learned, mental giants, masterminds; pundits, sages, wise men or women; illuminati, the enlightened, aesthetes, connoisseurs, (all sometimes disparaging) highbrows, Inf. eggheads, Inf. longhairs; elite, Inf. upper-crust; bohemians, free spirits, free thinkers.
literatim, adv. letter for letter, exactly, precisely, word for word. See - literally (def. 1).
literature, n. 1. letters, belles-lettres, literary works, writings, republic of letters; prose, poetry, writing, creative writing, written art; classics, publications, books, the printed word; body of knowledge or infor-2. printed matter, reading material, food for thought; brochure, pamphlet, leaflet, circular, handbill, handout; exposition, treatise, tract, tractate, thesis, dissertation, paper; information, explanation, facts, publicity, propaganda.
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