METAPHORIC; METAPHORICAL

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1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness, n.


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