Figurative

a.	1.	Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. 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. - Hooker.
	2.	Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; - applied to words and expressions.
	3.	Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
	4.	Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. - J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpoint See under Figurate.

Adj.	1.	figurative - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" Synonyms: nonliteral Antonyms: literal - limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
	2.	figurative - consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read Synonyms: figural

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