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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Figurative \Fig"ur*a*tive\, a. [L. figurativus: cf F. figuratif See {Figurative}.] 1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This they will say was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. --Hooker. 2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. 3. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as a highly figurative description. 4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc See {Figure}, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form --J. A. Symonds {Figurative} {counterpoint or descant}. See under {Figurate}. -- {Fig"ur*a*tive*ly}, adv -- {Fig"ur*a*tive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: figuratively adv : in a figurative sense "figuratively speaking,..." [ant: {literally}]
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