Literal meaning : (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program. A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact. Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.