literal suomeksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-suomi)

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
Actual, real, physical.
(loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
(theology, specifically) Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
(uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
(of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
(proscribed) Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.

(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.
(logic) A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp

The literal translation is “hands full of bananas” but it means empty-handed.
a middle course between the rigour of literal translation and the liberty of paraphrasts
A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
a literal equation
The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.

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