adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not literal.

   "Descending under the earth, is a translation most of all unexact and illiteral."

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nonliteral

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literal

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"Descending under the earth, is a translation most of all unexact and illiteral."

Etymology

From il- + literal.

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