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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Extremely literal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: overliteral
Antonyms: figurative, metaphorical, idiomatic
Broader terms: literal
History
From hyper- + literal.
