Word Meanings - LITERALIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

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• ACCORD
  1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton. 2. To agree in pitch and tone.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• ACCORDANCY
  Accordance. Paley.
• ACCORDANTLY
  In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• ACCORDINGLY
  1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate
• LETTERER
  One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.
• LETTERURE
  Letters; literature. "To teach him letterure and courtesy." Chaucer.
• ACCORDMENT
  Agreement; reconcilement. Gower.
• ACCORDING
  Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.
• EXACT
  drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps
• EXACTRESS
  A woman who is an exactor. B. Jonson.
• LETTERN
  See LECTURN
• LETTER
  One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
• LETTERPRESS
  Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations. Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.
• LETTERLESS
  1. Not having a letter. 2. Illiterate. E. Waterhouse.
• LETTERWOOD
  The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum , found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• BON-ACCORD
  Good will; good fellowship; agreement.
• MISINTERPRETER
  One who interprets erroneously.