literal-minded
迂腐的,迂腐的人,迂腐,迂阔的
Definitions
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- : unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
Examples
I never hear a Democrat talk about these goods, which are, in the literal sense, indivisible—for us all.
The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.
But all fair-minded Americans should get behind this push for real equality and protections in the lives of all Americans.
We can always use people who are community-minded [like him].
There were likewise people who could have mobilized actors, students, reform-minded Communists and even trade unionists.
Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.
They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.
You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.
In a literal sense, too,” added Tom Brown, “for it will be sold as waste-paper and be made up into matches.
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.