The quality of being literate.

In the way of one who is literate.

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

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.

plural of literate

plural of literality

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

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

The property of being literal.

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