noun
- plural of literalness; the qualities or states of being literal, exact, or word-for-word
Usage: formal; rare
Examples
- The different literalnesses of the various translations made comparison difficult.
- Critics debated the literalnesses of the biblical interpretations.
- The varying literalnesses in their approaches to the text created confusion.
- Students struggled with the literalnesses required in legal document analysis.
- The literalnesses of their responses showed they missed the metaphorical meaning.