Definition of "literalness" [lit•er•al•ness]

• The property of being literal. (noun)

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• "He would often gently deride a certain American literalness that I do possess – a need to ask questions all the damn time, and analyse situations a little too much."
• "His stated purpose is to emphasize the relation of words to their objects, that is, the literalness of the "real language of men.""
• "Biblical "literalness" consists in interpreting the Bible contextually, and straightforwardly where the context allows."