figuratively adjective
fig·ur·a·tive
The adjective form of figuratively is figurative
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- adjective figuratively of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic. 1
- adjective figuratively metaphorically so called: His remark was a figurative boomerang. 1
- adjective figuratively abounding in or fond of figures of speech: Elizabethan poetry is highly figurative. Synonyms: ornate, ornamental, flowery, elaborate, florid, grandiloquent. 1
- adjective figuratively representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture. 1
- adjective figuratively representing by a figure or emblem; emblematic. 1