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The literal meaning of a linguistic expression.
literal meaning
1
I know what you're thinking -in a very
literal
sense
,
actually.
2
It was a safe house in the
literal
sense
of the word.
3
Seconds later, the opening appeared-andin the
literal
sense
of the term.
4
That knowledge was now vital in the
literal
sense
of the word.
5
Dejection, in the most
literal
sense
of the word, indeed was his.
6
Painter is a hands-on defender, in the
literal
sense
of the term.
7
We passed a dreadful night, most of all in the
literal
sense
.
8
It is genuinely, in the most
literal
sense
of the word, awesome.
9
Therefore none of these names belong to God in their
literal
sense
.
10
The candelabra conceals nothing, in the
literal
sense
-unlike Liberace's wig.
11
As a man sows so shall he reap, in a
literal
sense
.
12
Fragile treasure, this, in a quite
literal
sense
;
and how awfully exposed!
13
In a
literal
sense
,
of course, there is no direct connection.
14
Jesus the Christ died in the
literal
sense
in which all men die.
15
Even in the most
literal
sense
of the words it will be so.
16
No, I mean attractive in the
literal
sense
of the word.
literal
sense
literal