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| 1. | [ adjective ] (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech | |
| Synonyms: | figurative | |
| Examples: | "figurative language" |
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| Related terms: | literal poetic extended analogical synecdochic tropical metonymic metaphorical rhetorical | |
| Similar spelling: |
nonliterate nonliterary nonlethal nonmilitary |
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