FIGURATIVE

figurative

Adjective

  1. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
  2. Metaphorically so called
  3. With many figures of speech
  4. Emblematic


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