figurative
fig|ura|tive /f'ɪgərətɪv, AM -gjər-/
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.
...an event that will change your route-in both the literal and figurative sense.
≠ literal
● figuratively [ADV] ADV with cl/group, ADV with v
Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.
His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
≠ abstract
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.
...an event that will change your route-in both the literal and figurative sense.
≠ literal
● figuratively [ADV] ADV with cl/group, ADV with v
Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.
His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
≠ abstract