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Traditional English :: figura
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figuratively.html - n.
1 a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact etc.
2 Theol. a type of a person etc. [mod.L f. L, = FIGURE] |
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Traditional English :: figural
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figuratively.html - adj.
1 figurative.
2 relating to figures or shapes.
3 Mus. florid in style. [OF figural or LL figuralis f. figura FIGURE] |
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Traditional English :: figurant
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figuratively.html - n.
(fem. figurante pronunc. same) a ballet-dancer appearing only in a group. [F, pres. part. of figurer FIGURE] |
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Traditional English :: figurante
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figuratively.html - n.
(pl. figuranti) = FIGURANT. [It., pres. part. of figurare FIGURE] |
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Traditional English :: figuration
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figuratively.html - n. 1 a the act of formation. b a mode of formation; a form. c a shape or outline. 2 a ornamentation by designs. b Mus. ornamental patterns of scales, arpeggios, etc., often derived from an earlier motif. 3 allegorical representation. [ME f. F or f. L figuratio (as FIGURE)] |
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Traditional English :: figurative
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figuratively.html - adj. 1 a metaphorical, not literal. b metaphorically so called. 2 characterized by or addicted to figures of speech. 3 of pictorial or sculptural representation. 4 emblematic, serving as a type. figuratively adv. figurativeness n. [ME f. LL figurativus (as FIGURE)] |
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