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unfigurative

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ figurative.

Adjective

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unfigurative (comparative more unfigurative, superlative most unfigurative)

  1. Not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.
    • 1848, Samuel Davidson, An Introduction to the New Testament:
      [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.