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

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literal

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literal

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/

形容詞

稀用人物禁用

日本語の意味

文字通りの / 逐語的な / 字義どおりの / 解釈を加えずにそのままの / 比喩的でない

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Her literal interpretation of the rules caused confusion at the meeting.

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彼女が規則を文字どおりに解釈したことで、会議で混乱が生じた。

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意味（1）

The literal translation is "hands full of bananas" but it means "empty-handed".

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意味（2）

Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties

A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.

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(theology) (broadly) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it; (specifically) following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation

It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. The former generates an unlettered, ultimately illiterate reading—one that is incapable of recognizing less obvious uses of language such as metaphor, satire, and so forth. ... Interpreters err either when they allegorize discourse that is intended to be taken literally or when they "literalize" discourse that is intended to be taken figuratively.

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