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unfigurative

unfigurative adjective: not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.

Adjective

unfigurative (comparative more unfigurative, superlative most unfigurative)

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

Forms of unfigurative

comparativemore unfigurative
superlativemost unfigurative

Origin of unfigurative

From un- + figurative.

Questions about unfigurative

What does unfigurative mean?
Unfigurative means not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.
What part of speech is unfigurative?
Unfigurative is an adjective.

Words near unfigurative in the dictionary

  1. unfight
  2. unfightable
  3. unfighting
  4. unfights
  5. unfigurable
  6. unfigurative
  7. unfiguratively
  8. unfigured
  9. unfilamented
  10. unfilamentous
  11. unfilched

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