literal

Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.

Word for word; verbatim.

Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic.

Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters.

A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language.

Affecting or relating to a letter: as, literal errors, literal rhymes.

In printing, a literal error; that is, a wrongly placed letter; a misprint.

Consisting of, expressed by, or representing letters; alphabetic.

According to the letter of verbal expression.

Following the letter or exact words.