(1):

(a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.

(2):

(a.) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; - applied to persons.

(3):

(n.) Literal meaning.

(4):

(a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

(5):

(a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.