Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

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

(epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. / (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.

The property of being literal.

plural of literal

Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.

simple past tense and past participle of literalize

present participle of literalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of literalize

To make literal or prosaic