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• a  (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
  figurative language
• s  consisting of or forming human or animal figures
  the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read

• The broker prided that when said that he was the real estate agent for heavenly abode he spoke both literally and figuratively.
• Indeed, the police shot as much in the figurative as the literal dark.
• A more interesting question is, Why have so many people responded to the tragedy with an unabashed victory dance on her figurative grave? Answering the second question requires .

• nonliteral
• figural

• literal

News & Articles

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• Horst Antes' first major one-man exhibition of paintings in nearly two decades opens at Martin-Gropius-Bau
  Horst Antes, Rote Scheibe, 1969. 60 x 70 cm. Sammlung Großhaus, Schleswig© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2013. BERLIN .- Horst Antes is one of the most internationally significant figurative artists of recent decades. Like few other German artists he has contributed to the global artistic debate.
  June 16, 2013 - Art Daily
• Central York schools talk iPads, expand program
  York, PA - A figurative rainbow wheel loomed as Central York School District's school board processed information about its iPad pilot program.
  June 15, 2013 - York Daily Record
• College World Series: Beavers, Bulldogs take the big stage
  With a large expanse of outfield (and the wind blowing in), TD Ameritrade Park is big in a figurative and literal sense.
  June 14, 2013 - The Oregonian

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in Detroit Free Press
  Asked about the reports, Romney said: "My own eyes? You know, I speak in the sense of I saw my dad become president of American Motors. I wasn't actually there when he became president of American Motors, but I saw him in the figurative sense of he...
• Fernando Botero in International Herald Tribune
  Figurative painting has the ability to make visible what is invisible,Botero said.
• Timothy Keating in AFP
  We want them (China) to understand there are rules of the road, both literal and figurative,Keating said, according to the South China Morning Post.