figurative
- Adjective. 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".
- Adjective. Metaphorically so called.
- Adjective. With many figures of speech.
- Adjective. Emblematic.
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