Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
metaphorical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
metaphor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
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Examples
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness; in metaphoric terms at least, it is godliness.
Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness; in metaphoric terms at least, it is godliness.
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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And the fourth is usually described as a metaphoric reference to the setting of the sun, the end of one's day on earth.
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Now right here’s where this post gets weird: This kind of experience – where the universe speaks in metaphoric language – is no longer unusual.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » SINK METAPHORS, TOAST FAIRIES, AND WRITING 2010
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Its trenchant sci-fi/fantasy parables explore humanity’s hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional drama cannot.
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Henry Kissinger, in his 1979 memoirs, The White House Years, was among the first to give the word a metaphoric stretch: “I favored European unity, but I was agnostic about the form it should take.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Henry Kissinger, in his 1979 memoirs, The White House Years, was among the first to give the word a metaphoric stretch: “I favored European unity, but I was agnostic about the form it should take.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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It took on a kind of metaphoric significance that was wholly unintentional.
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It took on a kind of metaphoric significance that was wholly unintentional.
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It took on a kind of metaphoric significance that was wholly unintentional.
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