literal

My aunt says I’m being too literal and that family isn’t supposed to keep score.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Justice Curtis Farber, calling Weinstein “the literal face of the #MeToo movement,” said the producer’s lack of remorse and harmful conduct weighed in favor of a stiffer sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It’s territorial in a literal physical sense — the ground, your backyard, your community, the park that you love.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Also: a very honorable mention to Meg Stalter dressed as a literal Emmy statue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Really, Mother? Where are our bundles?” asked Amy, who was a very literal young lady.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

But maybe not in the literals sense, but it’s about the price that you pay for things, that it’s a cost.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2015

Instead, Apple patched up Objective-C and XCode over the years, introducing incremental features like Grand Central Dispatch, collection literals, and blocks, making the whole edifice increasingly labyrinthine and ad hoc.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014

“Those fellows of yours make more literals every day.”

From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

Mike read, following the lines with his pen, correcting the literals, and he cursed when the "devil" told him that ten more lines of copy were wanting to complete page nine.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by George (George Augustus) Moore