Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FIG'U-RA-TIVE-LY
FIG'U-RA-TIVEFIG'UR-A-TIVE-NESS
FIG'U-RA-TIVE-LY, adv.
By a figure; in a manner to exhibit ideas by resemblance; in a sense different from that which words originally imply. Words are used figuratively, when they express something different from their usual meaning.
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