1.a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
2.being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
her actual motive
3.without interpretation or embellishment;
a literal translation of the scene before him
4.limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text;
a literal translation
5.lacking stylistic embellishment;
a literal description
6.of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis;
it's the literal truth
7.(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original;
literal translation of the article