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Definition: ILLITERAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Not literal.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb illiterally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illiterally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illiteral.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Illiteral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Illiteral \Il*lit"er*al\, adjective. Not literal. [Rare]. (references)

Definition: ILLITERAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Not literal.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb illiterally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illiterally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illiteral.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ILLITERAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Illiteral \Il*lit"er*al\, adjective. Not literal. [Rare]. (references)