His stated purpose is to emphasize the relation of words to their objects, that is, the literalness of the "real language of men.". From Wordnik.com. [Wordsworths Balladry: Real Men Wanted] Reference
West took "stripping" with a devastating literalness. From Wordnik.com. [Funny as a Crutch] Reference
Their headline is equally un-zingy in its literalness. From Wordnik.com. [July « 2006 « Innovation Cloud] Reference
This takes the title to a new literalness, literality?. From Wordnik.com. [Will You Hang On … « Fairegarden] Reference
I desire to be understood with mathematical literalness. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
Maizie's literalness drew a new vivid picture for Suzanna. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
The literalness of Burroughs is the opposite of "literature.". From Wordnik.com. [Déjeuner sur l'Herbe] Reference
Formal languages are less redundant and more concise. literalness. From Wordnik.com. [How To Think Like a Computer Scientist, Learning with Python]
But I am not sure that it should be pressed to absolute literalness. From Wordnik.com. [The First Soprano] Reference
Each of these characters disturbs by his literalness and physicality. From Wordnik.com. [Wandering in the Landscape with Wordsworth and Deleuze] Reference
YOu really need help — this is literalness to a pathological level. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Feel the Kausmentum] Reference
The amazing thing is the literalness with which the mantra is chanted. From Wordnik.com. [Why Anthony Eden Never Wore a Coonskin Cap: James Wolcott] Reference
While van Fraassen does not offer a full-fledged account of literalness in. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Voice] Reference
I rather like the colors, though my mind boggles at the literalness of it. From Wordnik.com. ["I'd Like a 3D Ocean Cake, Please."] Reference
Ah, but my paraphrasing has not led me far from the literalness of the text!. From Wordnik.com. [The First Soprano] Reference
The translation in the text reproduces the sense with sufficient literalness. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
She was almost discordant in her literalness, in her clear olive tints and the. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
Even small Maizie awoke to tiny dreams, her literalness for moments drowned out. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
Coulter was going for a decisive metaphor ... which just a touch of literalness. From Wordnik.com. [Princess of the Flies] Reference
Does the renovation of the civic sense really require such a return to literalness?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's insipid emails are annoying Leon Wieseltier.] Reference
There is also the fact that people often take scripture with an extreme literalness. From Wordnik.com. [Creationists on the Square in Madison, Wisconsin - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Which should immediately make the project a little suspect in the literalness department. From Wordnik.com. [David Steinberg: Author's Apologia] Reference
The mindless literalness of computing devices forces us to be explicit about these distinctions. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 4, 2002 - August 10, 2002 Archives] Reference
Are pretend characters and imaginary friends losing out to the literalness of Game Boys and PlayStations?. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Make Believe] Reference
This is suggested with jarring literalness in the precise architectural renderings on their painted surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [A Whirl of Frenetic Markings and Vestigial Imagery] Reference
You're considered a "Young Adult" author, a label that suggests a certain literalness and "non-literary" quality. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Antosca: An Interview with William Sleator, YA Novelist] Reference
Seeing it all enacted with such literalness made the philosophy even more distant, and the eccentricity paramount. From Wordnik.com. [Get That Girl Some Prozac] Reference
Yet we overlook literalness, charmed as we are by the development of his characters and by the sweet burden of his story. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
How shall we explain these inconsistencies, and, at the same time, grant Mr. Sawyer his claim to literalness of rendering?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
Though I always liked what Al Franken had to say on the Biblical literalness issue -- "It's time to bring back the cubit.". From Wordnik.com. [Senate Leadership Working To Get Hillary Past Wingnut Effort To Block Sec State Appointment] Reference
It is akin to an intense literalness of perception, of which we might find an example on every page Mr. Trollope has written. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
I suppose there are phases of faith which can not reach beyond literalness, and hence do not rightly interpret the splendid imagery of. From Wordnik.com. [The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers] Reference
Israel changed, after the return of the people from captivity, especially with the party of the Pharisees, to literalness and formalism. From Wordnik.com. [A Comparative View of Religions] Reference
First, that literalness has been rarely attained for the reason that a certain measure of freedom has to be used in any metrical rendering. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody] Reference
The "facie sputis illita" which in Gerhardt is modified to "Wie bist du so bespeit" (line 12) is given by Gambold with extreme literalness. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody] Reference
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