The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LITERAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1959.
As opposed to figurative crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LITERAL | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: As opposed to figurative
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fig
- rock
- rocks
- give
- horae
- horse
- knot
- trespass
- trespassing
- dead
- open
- positive
Crossword Answer definitions
LITERAL noun- (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
- Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
- Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
- Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
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