01 adv. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
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According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
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With close adherence to words; word by word.“So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally.” — Dryden.