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figurative(dictionary)

figurative (iou)



figurative adjective. LME.
[Late Latin figurativus, formed as FIGURATE verb: see -ATIVE.]
Emblematic, typical. LME.
Based on or using figures or metaphors; metaphorical, not literal. LME.
Coverdale By a figurative..speech he declareth the horror..of the damned.
Containing or using many figures of speech. L16.
W. Belsham Shakespeare..is the most figurative writer in our language.
Pertaining to the use of graphic symbols or numbers. L16-E19.
Pertaining to or of the nature of pictorial or sculptural representation. E17.
b. spec. Of an artist, a style of painting, etc.: creating forms which are recognizably derived from objective sources without necessarily being clearly representational. M20.
Listener Figurative painters today undoubtedly owe much to abstract expressionism.
Music. = FIGURAL 4. E18.
figuratively adverb LME.
figurativeness noun E18.