Wiktionary
a. (context idiomatic English) Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).
WordNet
adj. (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation" [syn: literal]
Usage examples of "word-for-word".
It was ten minutes later that he realized that the Koran was almost a word-for-word clone of what all the Jewish prophets had scribbled down, divinely inspired to do so, of course, because they said so.
By the time Sanglier had finished the word-for-word examination of the meeting it had long ago grown dark outside his locked office and he'd almost finished the second bottle of mineral water to ease the dryness of his throat after chainsmoking the harsh cigarettes.
And then he fell crashingly in love with a female nightclub singer who passed herself off as Japanese and sang word-for-word imitations of Edith Piaf records.