Definitions

to the letter

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literal adj.
verbatim adj.
literally adv.
word for word adv.

ADJECTIVE

literal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate actual authentic true unvarnished

STRONG

close faithful gospel natural ordinary plain simple

WEAK

apparent bona fide critical genuine methodical not figurative scrupulous strict undeviating unerring unexaggerated usual veracious verbal verbatim veritable written

Antonyms

STRONGEST

counterfeit dishonest false falsified unreal

STRONG

abnormal complex complicated decorated different difficult embellished extraordinary inaccurate intricate ornate unclear uncommon

WEAK

exaggerated figurative imaginative loose

ADJECTIVE

verbatim

Synonyms

WEAK

accurately direct directly literally literatim precisely sic word-for-word

Antonyms

WEAK

different

ADVERB

literally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually completely directly plainly precisely really simply truly

WEAK

correctly direct faithfully indisputably letter by letter literatim not figuratively rightly rigorously sic straight strictly undeviatingly undisputably unerringly unmistakably verbatim veritably

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

figuratively loosely

ADVERB

word for word

Synonyms

WEAK

according to the letter faithfully in the same words ipsissimis verbis literally literatim strictly verbally verbatim verbatim et litteratim word by word word for word and letter for letter word-perfectly

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to the letter

Signatories to the letter said the redundancies were "the first visible crack" in a UK automotive supply chain supporting about 183,000 manufacturing jobs.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The company expects the layoffs to be permanent, according to the letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"We believe that these changes will... help dilute the effect of a mobilised block vote, without compromising fairness or trust," according to the letter, which was first reported by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The hedge fund is hoping to send a message that Voya should commit to running a strategic review and abandon efforts to turn around its insurance business, particularly its stop-loss business, according to the letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

This man—his last name was Bauby—wrote the whole book by having a friend recite the alphabet to him, and when she came to the letter he wanted, he would blink that left eye.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

to the letter

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