English-Thai Dictionary

literal

ADJ ตาม ความหมาย ที่ แท้จริง ของ คำ  denotative explicit figurative metaphorical tam-kwam-mai-ti-tae-jing-kong-kam

 

literal

ADJ ตาม ตัวอักษร  ตาม ตัวหนังสือ  tam-tua-ak-son

 

literal

ADJ ตามที่ เป็นจริง  แท้จริง  truthful exact reliable tam-ti-pen-jing

 

literalism

N การ ยึดถือ ตาม ตัวอักษร  kan-yud-tue-tam-tua-ak-son

 

literality

N ความ ยึดถือ แท้จริง  ความ ไม่ บิดเบือน ความหมาย ตรง ตัวอักษร 

 

literalization

N การ แปล ตาม ตัวอักษร  การอธิบาย ตาม ความหมาย ของ คำ 

 

literalize

VT แปล ตาม ตัวอักษร  อธิบาย ตรง ตาม ความหมาย 

 

literally

ADJ อย่าง ตาม ตัวอักษร  ตาม ตัวหนังสือ  yang-tam-tua-ak-son

 

literally

ADV อย่างแท้จริง  อย่าง ตามจริง  อย่าง ตรง กับ ความจริง  virtually actually yang-tea-jing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITERAL

a.[L. litera, a letter. ] 1. According to the letter; primitive; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as the literal meaning of a phrase.
2. Following the letter or exact words; not free; as a literal translation.
3. Consisting of letters.
The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.

 

LITERAL

n.Literal meaning. [Not used. ]

 

LITERALISM

n.That which accords with the letter.

 

LITERALITY

n.Original or literal meaning.

 

LITERALLY

adv. 1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively. A man and his wife cannot be literally one flesh.
2. With close adherence to words; word by word.
So wild and ungovernable a poet cannot be translated literally.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITERAL

Lit "er *al, a. Etym: [F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis,fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter. ]

 

1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. Tyndale .

 

2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. Hooker.

 

3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. Johnson.

 

4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. Literal contract (Law ), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier. -- Literal equation (Math. ), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.

 

LITERAL

LITERAL Lit "er *al, n.

 

Defn: Literal meaning. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

LITERALISM

LITERALISM Lit "er *al *ism, n.

 

1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.

 

2. (Fine Arts )

 

Defn: The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

 

LITERALIST

LITERALIST Lit "er *al *ist, n.

 

Defn: One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

 

LITERALITY

Lit `er *al "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. littéralité.]

 

Defn: The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne.

 

LITERALIZATION

LITERALIZATION Lit `er *al *i *za "tion, n.

 

Defn: The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.

 

LITERALIZE

Lit "er *al *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Literalizing.]

 

Defn: To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

 

LITERALIZER

LITERALIZER Lit "er *al *i `zer, n.

 

Defn: A literalist.

 

LITERALLY

LITERALLY Lit "er *al *ly, adv.

 

1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

 

2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. Dryden.

 

LITERALNESS

LITERALNESS Lit "er *al *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being literal; literal import.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

literal

lit er al |ˈlitərəl, ˈlitrəl ˈlɪtrəl | ▶adjective 1 taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory: dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread. • free from exaggeration or distortion: you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events. • informal absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately chosen to convey one's feelings ): fifteen years of literal hell. 2 (of a translation ) representing the exact words of the original text. • (of a visual representation ) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or impressionistic. 3 (also literal-minded ) (of a person or performance ) lacking imagination; prosaic. 4 of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet: literal mnemonics. ▶noun Brit. Printing a misprint of a letter. DERIVATIVES lit er al i ty |ˌlitəˈralətē |, lit er al ize |-ˌlīz |verb, lit er al ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter ). usage: See usage at literally .

 

literalism

lit er al ism |ˈlitərəˌlizəm, ˈlitrə -ˈlɪdərəlɪzəm | ▶noun the interpretation of words in their usual or most basic sense: biblical literalism. • literal representation in literature or art. DERIVATIVES lit er al ist noun, lit er al is tic |ˌlitərəˈlistik, ˌlitrə - |adjective

 

literally

lit er al ly |ˈlitərəlē, ˈlitrə -ˈlɪtrəli | ▶adverb in a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle | tiramisu, literally translated “pick me up. ” • informal used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters. usage: In its standard use, literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a nonliteral or exaggerated sense ’: I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally . In recent years, an extended use of literally (and also literal ) has become very common, where literally (or literal ) is used deliberately in nonliteral contexts, for added effect: they bought the car and literally ran it into the ground. This use can lead to unintentional humorous effects ( we were literally killing ourselves laughing ) and is not acceptable in formal English.

 

Oxford Dictionary

literal

lit |eral |ˈlɪt (ə )r (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration: dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread. • free from exaggeration or distortion: you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events. • informal absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately chosen to convey one's feelings ): fifteen years of literal hell. 2 (of a translation ) representing the exact words of the original text. • (of a visual representation ) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or impressionistic. 3 (also literal-minded ) (of a person or performance ) lacking imagination; prosaic. 4 of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet: literal mnemonics. ▶noun Printing, Brit. a misprint of a letter. DERIVATIVES literality |-ˈralɪti |noun, literalize (also literalise ) verb, literalness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter ).

 

literalism

lit ¦er ¦al |ism |ˈlɪt (ə )r (ə )lɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the interpretation of words in their literal sense: biblical literalism. • literal representation in literature or art. DERIVATIVES literalist noun, literalistic |-ˈlɪstɪk |adjective

 

literally

lit |er ¦al ¦ly |ˈlɪt (ə )rəli | ▶adverb in a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout | tiramisu, literally translated ‘pull-me-up ’. • informal used for emphasis while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters. usage: In its standard use literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a non-literal or exaggerated sense ’, as for example in I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally . In recent years an extended use of literally (and also literal ) has become very common, where literally (or literal ) is used deliberately in non-literal contexts, for added effect, as in they bought the car and literally ran it into the ground. This use can lead to unintentional humorous effects ( we were literally killing ourselves laughing ) and is not acceptable in formal contexts, though it is widespread.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

literal

literal adjective 1 the literal sense of the word “dreadful ”: strict, factual, plain, simple, exact, straightforward; unembellished, undistorted; objective, correct, true, accurate, genuine, authentic. ANTONYMS figurative. 2 a literal translation: word-for-word, verbatim, letter-for-letter; exact, precise, faithful, close, strict, accurate. ANTONYMS loose.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

literal

literal adjective 1 those who believe in the literal truth of the biblical Genesis | it is unique, in the literal sense of that word: strict, factual, plain, simple, bare, exact, straightforward, stark; unvarnished, unexaggerated, unembellished, undistorted, unadulterated; objective, narrow, correct, true, truthful, faithful, accurate, genuine, authentic, veritable, veracious, gospel. ANTONYMS metaphorical, figurative; loose, approximate. 2 a literal translation: word-for-word, verbatim, line-for-line, letter-for-letter; exact, precise, faithful, close, strict, to the letter, undeviating, true, accurate; rare literatim. ANTONYMS loose, liberal, vague. 3 his literal, unrhetorical manner: literal-minded, down-to-earth, factual, matter-of-fact, no-nonsense, unsentimental, level-headed, hard-headed; prosaic, unimaginative, colourless, pedestrian, tedious, boring, dull, humdrum, uninspired, uninspiring, prosy. ANTONYMS whimsical. ▶noun William read through the article, correcting two literals: misprint, error, mistake, slip, slip of the pen, printing /typographical /typesetting /keyboarding /keying /typing error, corrigendum, erratum; informal typo, howler.

 

literally

literally adverb their name, translated literally, means ‘the river ’: verbatim, word for word, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter; exactly, precisely, faithfully, closely, strictly, strictly speaking, accurately, rigorously; rare literatim. ANTONYMS loosely, imprecisely; metaphorically.

 

Duden Dictionary

Literalsinn

Li te ral sinn Substantiv, maskulin , der |Liter a lsinn |der Literalsinn; Genitiv: des Literalsinn [e ]s lateinisch ; deutsch buchstäblicher Sinn einer Textstelle, besonders in der Bibel

 

Spanish Dictionary

literal

literal adjetivo 1 [significado ] Que es el primero que tienen las palabras :toda disposición testamentaria deberá entenderse en el sentido literal de sus palabras .SINÓNIMO recto .ANTÓNIMO figurado, metafórico, traslaticio .2 Que respeta exactamente las palabras del modelo o la fuente original :transcripción literal; copia literal .3 De los textos escritos o que está relacionado con ellos :nuestra época es una época de cultura literal . VÉASE traducción literal .

 

literalidad

literalidad nombre femenino Cualidad de lo que es literal :traducciones de la más estricta literalidad .

 

literalmente

literalmente adverbio 1 De manera literal .2 Se usa para dirigir el sentido con el que hay que interpretar la parte de la frase a la que complementa :llegaron hechos una sopa .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

literal

lit er al /lɪ́t (ə )r (ə )l /形容詞 1 (翻訳などが )逐語的な ; 文字通りの (↔figurative )▸ literal translation 直訳, 逐語訳 2 ｟くだけて ｠〖強意語として 〗文字通りの, まったくの ▸ a literal flood of orders 文字通り洪水のように押し寄せるたくさんの注文 3 (字句にとらわれて )想像力のない ; 味 [おもしろ味 ]のない .4 誇張なしの ; 正確な .5 比較なし 文字の, 文字で表した ▸ a literal error 文字の誤り, 誤字, 誤植 名詞 C 誤字, 誤植 .～ì sm 名詞 U 直写主義 .～ist 名詞 ～ness 名詞

 

literally

lit er al ly /lɪ́t (ə )r (ə )li /→letter 副詞 more ～; most ～1 文字通りに ; 字句にこだわって ; 逐語的に ▸ interpret literally 文字通りに解釈する ▸ translate literally 逐語的に訳す, 直訳する 2 誇張なしに , 正確に (exactly ).3 比較なし ｟話 ｠(強意的に )文字通り , まったく , 実質的に (actually )▸ He is literally starving .彼は本当に飢え死にしかかっている (!実際に飢えて死にかかっている場合と, ただ非常に空腹である場合とある ) t à ke A l í terally [t ó o l ì terally ]A 〈人の言葉など 〉を文字通りに取る [取りすぎる ].