A row of written or printed letters. gen. One of the rows of letters in any piece of writing or letterpress: often, esp. in plural, put for the…

Accurate, correct; spec. (of a copy, representation, etc.) accurately reproducing or reflecting the original; †(of a notion, thought, record, etc.)…

Of a transcription, translation, quotation, etc., of writing or speech: corresponding with or following the original word for word; = verbatim, adj.…

Of a book or writing: Accurate, correct.

Used (after the, this, that, etc.) to denote or emphasize complete or exact identity. Of words: exactly corresponding to those of an original or…

Of a translation, version, or transcript: representing the very words of the original; verbally exact. †Also: (of the words of a passage) exact (obs…

Corresponding with or following an original text, speech, etc., word for word; transcribed, copied, quoted, or translated verbatim.

Not vitiated textually.

That corresponds with or follows an original letter for letter; literal. Cf. verbatim, adj. 1.

(a) knowing perfectly every word of one's part in a play, a text for recitation, etc.; (b) literally correct, verbally exact; flawless.

A row of written or printed letters. gen. One of the rows of letters in any piece of writing or letterpress: often, esp. in plural, put for the…