Listless, a. Inattentive, indifferent, heedless, careless, thoughtless.
Lists, n. pl. Arena, palæstra, race-course.
Literal, a.
- 1. As regards letters, by letter.
- 2. According to the exact meaning, following the exact words, strict, exact, verbatim.
- 3. Following the exact words.
Literally, ad.
- 1. Really, actually.
- 2. Exactly, precisely, rigorously, strictly.
Literary, a.
- 1. Of literature or learning.
- 2. Learned, lettered, bookish, well-read, book-learned, literate, instructed, erudite, scholarly.
Literate, a. Learned, lettered.
Literati, n. [L. pl.] Scholars, the learned, learned men, savants.
Literatim, ad. [L.] Letter for letter.
Literature, n.
- 1. Learning, erudition, letters, lore.
- 2. The humanities, the Muses, belles-lettres, polite literature.
- 3. Literary productions, literary works.
Lithe, a. Limber, flexible, flexile, pliable, pliant, supple.
Lithesome, a. Pliant, limber, nimble, lissome, lithe.
Lithia, n. Oxide of lithium.
Lithic, a. Stone, stony.
Lithobiblion, n. Bibliolite, lithophyl.