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Being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words.

Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation.

Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind.

Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation.

Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.

Computer Science A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language: $ can be a symbol that refers to the end of a line, but as a literal, it is a dollar sign.