Unfigurative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.

    "[T]he cognate passages […] would lead us to suppose that the Saviour spoke to the apostles of approaching events connected with Himself in definite expressions of an unfigurative character."

Example

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"[T]he cognate passages […] would lead us to suppose that the Saviour spoke to the apostles of approaching events connected with Himself in definite expressions of an unfigurative character."

Etymology

From un- + figurative.

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