'Figuratively' definitions:
Definition of 'figuratively'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking,..." [ant: literally]
Definition of 'Figuratively'
From: GCIDE
- Figurative \Fig"ur*a*tive\, a. [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]
- 1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
- They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster]
- Figurative counterpoint or Figurative descant. See under Figurate. -- {Fig"ur*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Fig"ur*a*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Figuratively'
- Figurability,
- Figurable,
- Figural,
- Figurant,
- Figurate,
- Figurated,
- Figurately,
- Figuration,
- Figurative,
- Figurativeness,
- Figure,
- Figured,
- Figuring,
- To figure out,
- To figure up,
- figure out,
- figurer,
- Academy figure,
- Canceled figures,
- Concurring figure,
- Congruent figures,
- Etching figures,
- Figural numbers,
- Figurate counterpoint,
- Figurate descant,
- Figurate numbers,
- Figurative counterpoint,
- Figurative descant,
- Figure caster,
- Figure flinger,
- Figure flinging,
- Figure painting,
- Figure stone,
- Figure weaving,
- Figured bass,
- Inferior figure,
- Interference figures,
- Inverse figures,
- Lay figure,
- Like figures,
- Plane figure,
- Prime figure,
- Reciprocal figures,
- Residual figure,
- Roric figures,
- Significant figures,
- Similar figures,
- Sonorous figures,
- Superior figure,
- To cut a figure,
- Widmanstaumtten figures,
- acoustic figures,
- authority figure,
- father figure,
- figural blindness,
- figure eight,
- figure loom,
- figure of eight,
- figure of merit,
- figure of speech,
- figure skate,
- figure skater,
- figure skating,
- figured counterpoint,
- go figure,
- mother figure,
- public figure,
- significant figure,
- solid figure,
- stick figure,
- terminal figure,
- wax figure,
- Similar rectilineal figures,
- father-figure,
- three-figure,
- Figure-of-eight knot,
- figured-fabric loom,
- three-dimensional figure,
- two-dimensional figure