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nonliteral
adjective
(non-lit-er-al)
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Synonyms:
figurative
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ludic
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prepositional
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disjunctive
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intransitive
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ideographic
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hieratic
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midrashic
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operant
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hortatory
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wordier
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ugaritic
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