Hyphenation of Literal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Literal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Lit-er-al

Definitions of Literal:

1.
A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
2.
Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Her actual motive A literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton A genuine dilemma
3.
Without interpretation or embellishment
A literal depiction of the scene before him
4.
Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
A literal translation
5.
Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
It's the literal truth

Synonyms of Literal:

adj actual, genuine, real, true
adj exact
adj literal, denotative, explicit, exact, unrhetorical
adj plain, unembellished, unrhetorical
adjpure and simple, plain
adj word-for-word, exact
noun misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, error, mistake

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