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What is the adjective for metonymical?

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metonymic
  1. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
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metonymous
  1. Metonymic, metonymical.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A rhyton is a drinking vessel typically taking a horned animal shape in a metonymous gesture to its function as an elaborate drinking horn.”
metonymical
  1. of, or relating to metonymy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The metonymical relationship between the crown and the monarchy is deeply rooted in the history and symbolism of the nation.”
      “First one must register his anti-Idealism, his antipathy toward the idea becoming metonymical litotes for such.”
      “There is a need, therefore, for animals used as farm background, similes, and metonymical suggestions.”
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