(1):
(a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.
(2):
(a.) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; - applied to persons.
(3):
(n.) Literal meaning.
(4):
(a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
(5):
(a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.