literalness

• Nom désignant la qualité ou l'état de suivre strictement le sens exact ou littéral des mots ou des actions, sans interprétation figurée ou métaphorique.

A noun referring to the quality or state of adhering strictly to the exact or concrete meaning of words or actions, without figurative or metaphorical interpretation.

indénombrable

1. Adherence to exact meaningC1formal

   The quality of interpreting or representing words or statements in their most basic, concrete sense without metaphor or exaggeration.

   littéralité

   • The literalness of his translation made the poetry sound flat.
   • Her literalness often caused misunderstandings in casual conversation.
   • The lawyer's argument relied on the literalness of the contract's wording.

   Synonymesexactitudeexactnessfaithfulnessliteralismprecisionstrictness

   Antonymesimprecisionloosenessmetaphor