Clues for the word "LITERAL"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 112 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 30, 2026.
Definition of literal
- a. - According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
- a. - Following the letter or exact words; not free.
- a. - Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- a. - Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.
- n. - Literal meaning.
Referring Clues
- Verbatim
- Exact
- Precise
- Not exaggerated
- Like some translations
- Without metaphor
- Completely straightforward
- Reproduced word for word
- Word-for-word
- Hardly figurative
- True to fact
- Not metaphorical
- Nonmetaphorical
- Word for word
- Actual
- Like some interpretations
- Without exaggeration
- Strict
- Not loose
- Not figurative
- According to the letter
- Unvarnished
- Pure and simple
- Tell IRA (anag) - word for word
- Prosaic
- Accurate misprint
- Misprint could be a tiller
- Some funny alliteration taken word for word
- All wrong about a strange rite, it's true
- It all gets broadcast, including Queen's typo ...
- Avoiding embellishment
- Simple misprint
- Unlike idioms
- Alliterative quotation arranged word for word
- True to the original
- Not metaphorical or figurative
- Like the phrase "seeing eye to eye" for two people who are the same height
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 20, 2025
- Daily American - December 27, 2024
- Daily American - December 08, 2024
- USA Today - November 20, 2024
- Daily American - November 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 22, 2024
- Family Time - May 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 25, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 07, 2023
- New York Times - May 30, 2023
- Daily American - December 27, 2022
- And in 82 more crossword puzzles...