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metaphorical
allegoric, definable, emblematic, figurative, ideographic, intelligible, naming, readable, significant, symbological
Definition
adj.
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
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He criticizes very severely the habitual use of
metaphorical
language in describing mental operations.
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'First, a leeteral trumpet; second, a heestorical trumpet; third, a
metaphorical
trumpet; fourth, a speeritual trumpet.'
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The cabman observed a twinkle in the boy's eye; saw through him; in a
metaphorical
sense, and treated him with silent contempt.
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--would cease to be
metaphorical
, and would have a plain signification.
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(The words _swept_ and _breezy_ are somewhat
metaphorical
, though their frequent use in this manner makes the meaning almost literal.)
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"Hang" was merely a
metaphorical
word, as they fitted it into place instead.
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