Definitions
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Word origin
From Middle French figuratif.
Used in a sentence
“The lovers she seems to pursue with her figurative language in fact retreat under the barrage of similes, metaphors and fables.”
“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.”
“1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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