Exact |
Actual |
Strict |
Precise |
Prosaic |
Verbatim |
Not loose |
True to fact |
Unembellished |
Unimaginative |
To-the-letter |
Word-for-word |
Unlike idioms |
Not figurative |
Nonmetaphorical |
Not exaggerated |
Not metaphorical |
Without metaphor |
Hardly figurative |
____ matter of fact |
Far from figurative |
Interpretation type |
Without exaggeration |
Avoiding embellishment |
Like some translations |
Like some interpretations |
Completely straightforward |
Tell IRA (anag) — word for word |
Like some translations or interpretations |