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- Thesaurus|209
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| exemplifying | |
| explanatory | |
| explicatory(adjective, expressive, revealing, graphic, explanatory) | |
| expository | |
| extended | |
| figural | |
| graphic | |
| iconographic(adjective, expressive, revealing, graphic, explanatory) | |
| illuminative | |
| illustrational(adjective, expressive, revealing, graphic, explanatory) | |
| illustratory(adjective, expressive, revealing, graphic, explanatory) | |
| imagistic(adjective, expressive, revealing, graphic, explanatory) | |
| indicative | |
| interpretive | |
| metaphorically | |
| metonymic | |
| nonliteral | |
| not literal(expression, adjective, idiom, fanciful, florid) | |
| parabolic | |
| pictorial |
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