Literary vs. Literal

Literaryadjective

Relating to literature.

Literaryadjective

Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

Literaryadjective

Knowledgeable of literature or writing.

Literaryadjective

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

Literaryadjective

Bookish.

Literaryadjective

Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

Literaryadjective

Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

Literaryadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of literature;

Literaryadjective

knowledgeable about literature;

Literaryadjective

appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing;

Literaryadjective

concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form

Literaryadjective

concerned with literature as a profession

Literaryadjective

(of language) associated with literary works or other formal writing; having a marked style intended to create a particular emotional effect

Literaladjective

Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.

Literaladjective

Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.

Literaladjective

(uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

Literaladjective

(of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.

Literaladjective

(proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.

Literalnoun

A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.

Literalnoun

(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.

Literalnoun

(logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp

Literaladjective

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

Literaladjective

Following the letter or exact words; not free.

Literaladjective

Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

Literaladjective

Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; - applied to persons.

Literalnoun

Literal meaning.

Literalnoun

a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Literaladjective

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

Literaladjective

without interpretation or embellishment;

Literaladjective

limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text;

Literaladjective

lacking stylistic embellishment;

Literaladjective

of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis;

Literaladjective

(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original;