literal

literal (http://definr.com/literal)

     adj 1: 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"
            [syn: actual, genuine, real]
     2: without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal
        translation of the scene before him"
     3: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a
        literal translation" [ant: figurative]
     4: lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description";
        "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account
        of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
        [syn: plain, unembellished]
     5: of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the
        literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"
        [syn: pure and simple]
     6: (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the
        original; "literal translation of the article"; "an
        awkward word-for-word translation" [syn: word-for-word]
     n : a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
         failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum, {typographical
         error}, typo, literal error]