To make literal or prosaic

simple past tense and past participle of literalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of literalize

A literalist.

plural of literalizer

(American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.

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.

Able to read and write; having literacy. / Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read. / Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).