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overliteral

overliteral adjective: excessively literal.

Adjective

overliteral (not comparable)

  1. Excessively literal.
    • Near-synonym: hyperliteral
    Synonyms:
    hyperliteral

Synonyms of overliteral

Antonyms

Origin of overliteral

From over- + literal.

Words formed from overliteral

Questions about overliteral

What does overliteral mean?
Overliteral means excessively literal.
What part of speech is overliteral?
Overliteral is an adjective.

Words near overliteral in the dictionary

  1. overlisten
  2. overlistened
  3. overlistening
  4. overlistens
  5. overlit
  6. overliteral
  7. overliterally
  8. overliterary
  9. overliterate
  10. overlitigate
  11. overlitigated

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