Word of the Day: Literatim.

adverb
1. (Of the copying of a text) Letter by letter.

Example Sentences.
1. "The monk copied down the theological text literatim."
2. "Our office assistant takes dictation literatim on her typewriter."
3. "The first draft was printed literatim, without any editing

Word Origin.
Latin, early 17th century

This term stems from the medieval Latin "littera," meaning "letter." "Verbatim" and "literatim" might seem like synonyms, but their exact definitions differ slightly. "Verbatim" means "in the exact words," while "literatim" means "letter for letter."