Synonyms: erratum, typo, typographical error, misprint, literal, literal error
Definition: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Definition: part of a statement that is not correct
Usage: the book was full of errors
Synonyms: literal
Definition: without interpretation or embellishment
Usage: a literal depiction of the scene before him
Similar words: exact
Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Usage: an exact mind; an exact copy; hit the exact center of the target
Synonyms: literal
Definition: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
Usage: a literal translation
Similar words: explicit, denotative
Definition: in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
Synonyms: literal
Definition: avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
Usage: it's the literal truth
Similar words: plain
Definition: not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Usage: plain food; stuck to the plain facts; a plain blue suit; a plain rectangular brick building
Synonyms: genuine, literal, actual, real
Definition: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Usage: her actual motive; a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton; a genuine dilemma
Similar words: true
Definition: consistent with fact or reality; not false
Usage: the story is true; it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true- B. Russell; the true meaning of the statement