Though the authority hopes to inspire confidence in open government, it does so in a rather literal manner, without Berlin's tragic history to play against.

It refers directly to its inspirations, and interprets the source material in an uncharacteristically literal manner.

Darrah had never really believed that, not in a literal manner, but suddenly he was wondering.

The TV show deliberately took this in a very literal manner, and expanded the joke as far as it possibly could.

And the dance also dealt with these ideas, but never in a literal manner.

There was only one thing he could do, forget the whole thing in the most literal possible manner.

Yet creation was not originally conceived in such a literal manner.

The interprepter should translate the question and answer in a literal manner.

Benny was shredded into chopped meat, in a manner literal enough for even the No'ui.

His experiences developed him into a "freedom singer" in the most literal manner.