From literalist + -ic. <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span>) (loosely) Of or pertaining to literalism or literalists...
From <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span> + -ally. <span class="searchmatch">literalistically</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">literalistically</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">literalistically</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span> manner....
A person who translates a text literally. (art) One who works in the style of literalism. bible literalist <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span> legalistic letter of the law...
page 311: It is most important to distinguish <span class="searchmatch">literalistic</span> from literal interpretation. [...] ‘<span class="searchmatch">Literalistic</span>’ interpretation is like word-for-word translation...