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semifigurative

semifigurative adjective: somewhat or partly figurative.

Adjective

semifigurative (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partly figurative.

Origin of semifigurative

From semi- + figurative.

Questions about semifigurative

What does semifigurative mean?
Semifigurative means somewhat or partly figurative.
What part of speech is semifigurative?
Semifigurative is an adjective.

Words near semifigurative in the dictionary

  1. semifictionalized
  2. semifictionally
  3. semifictions
  4. semifield
  5. semifields
  6. semifigurative
  7. semifigure
  8. semifigures
  9. semifinal
  10. semifinalist
  11. semifinalists

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