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68 entries under adjective topic. ×
| figurative(literal, metaphor) | |
| allegorical(fanciful, florid, metaphor, comparative) | |
| metaphoric(fanciful, florid, symbolic, figurative) | |
| symbolic(figurative, metaphoric) | |
| comparative(close, approximate, comparison, comparative) | |
| representative(representative, figurative) | |
| allusive | |
| emblematic(fanciful, florid, symbolic, figurative) | |
| typical | |
| allegoric | |
| analogous(representative, comparative) | |
| denotative(fanciful, florid, symbolic, figurative) | |
| illustrative(representative, fanciful, florid, symbolic) | |
| tropical | |
| tropological | |
| anagogical | |
| contrasting | |
| descriptive(fanciful, florid, symbolic, figurative) | |
| flowery(fanciful, florid, symbolic, metaphoric) | |
| nonliteral(symbolic, metaphoric) |
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