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literatim

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lit⋅e⋅ra⋅tim

  [lit-uh-rey-tim]
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–adverb
letter-for-letter; literally.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML, a formation based on L līterātus (see literate ), with adv. suffix -im
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lit·er·a·tim   (lĭt'ə-rā'tĭm, -rä'-)   
adv.  Letter for letter: a word transcribed literatim.

[Medieval Latin līterātim, litterātim, from Latin littera, lītera, letter; see letter.]
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