a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Pertaining to or characteristic of a literalist; belonging to or having the character of literalism.
1875. Poste, Gaius, IV. Comm. (ed. 2), 503. Strictum jus adheres to a grammatical or literalistic interpretation of a disposition.
1891. T. K. Cheyne, Psalter, viii. 387. A literalistic interpretation will not meet the requirements of these psalms.
