literal

nouns

a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error

adjectives

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
"her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
actual, genuine, literal, real
is derived from
literalness
without interpretation or embellishment
"a literal depiction of the scene before him"
literal
is derived from
literalness
is similar to
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
"an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
exact
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
"a literal translation"
literal
is derived from
literalness
antonym
figurative
is similar to
in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
denotative, explicit
see also
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
"an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
exact
see also
not rhetorical
unrhetorical
avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
"it's the literal truth"
literal
is similar to
not elaborate or elaborated; simple
"plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
plain