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

plural of liter

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

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

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.

A person who is able to read and write. / (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

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

In the way of one who is literate.

The property of being literal.