illiteral

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adjective

Not literal.

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Meanings

adjectiveilliteral (comparative more illiteral, superlative most illiteral)

comparative more illiteral · superlative most illiteral

  1. Not literal.

    Descending under the earth, is a translation most of all unexact and illiteral.

    1765, Benjamin Dawson, An Illustration of several Texts of Scripture, particularly those in which the Logos occurs
    1 more example

    […] did from erroneous conceptions speak false, slanderous and illiteral things of JACOB TORIAN tending to implicate him in some degree with certain horse-thieves by representing him as being favourably disposed towards them […]

    1990, Genealogical Committee of the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Ancestors, volume 25, part 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nonliteral

Origin

From il- + literal.

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Cite this entry
APA

illiteral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illiteral

MLA

“illiteral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illiteral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “illiteral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illiteral.

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