A literal description means expressing something exactly as it is, without exaggeration or figurative language. It focuses on giving accurate and straightforward information. Full definition
To many it has been an unwelcome shock to hear basic religious terms such as God, Christ and resurrection referred to as symbols when these terms have previously been used as literal descriptions of unseen reality. (religion-online.org)
He rightly insists that models are not literal descriptions or pictures of reality, but he does not discuss the development of a coherent set of beliefs based on the models.25 (religion-online.org)
In this brief account of pathologies of the preaching image I might of course have gone lightly on figures and analogies and moved heavily toward literal description. (religion-online.org)