literatim
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of literatim
First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin, from Latin līterāt(us) + adverb suffix -im; see literate
Example Sentences
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Old Robin of Portingale, to retain it literatim: in either case I have reduced to uniformity the orthography of the proper names.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Neither verbatim nor literatim will be found in Riddle.
From Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
More rarely, entry is made of some oddity of speech; and he has thus preserved in it, verbatim et literatim, what he declared to have been as startling a message as he ever received.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
Whenever a person at his back whispered or suggested anything to him whilst he was speaking in public, without a moment's reflection, he always repeated the suggestion literatim.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
During this period the Oregon question was called up nearly every day, and we propose to give some specimens, verbatim et literatim, of the spirit in which it has been discussed.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
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