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What is the adjective for metaphorically?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs metaphorise and metaphorize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

metaphorical
  1. Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. figurative, symbolic, allegorical, tropical, emblematic, tropological, extended, parabolic, representative, emblematical, metaphoric, illustrative, imaginative, representational, denotative, fanciful, descriptive, analogous, figural, symbolizing, symbolical, symbolising, mystical, non-literal, evocative, anagogic, abstract, nonliteral, not literal, allegoric, fictional, suggestive, characteristic, indicative, connotative, exemplary, demonstrative, typical, symptomatic, allusive, mnemonic, paradigmatic, expressive, adumbrative, delineative, depictive, exhibitive, evincive, reflective, indicatory … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Some people sneer at a metaphorical reading of scripture and Tolkien himself was opposed to allegory as a rhetorical form.”
      “You mentioned language and its multiple meaning, metaphorical asides, its evocative transgressions and endearing intentionality.”
      “The most frequent metaphorical vehicle used in representing fetishism is the image of the object that comes to life.”
metaphoric
  1. Like a metaphor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. figurative, metaphorical, tropical, tropological, extended, figural, symbolic, allegorical, parabolic, emblematic, representative, illustrative, emblematical, imaginative, denotative, fanciful, descriptive, symbolical, abstract, nonliteral, non-literal, symbolizing, not literal, symbolising, allegoric, mystical, fictional, representational, analogous, suggestive, characteristic, indicative, connotative, exemplary, demonstrative, typical, evocative, symptomatic, allusive, mnemonic, paradigmatic, expressive, adumbrative, delineative, depictive, exhibitive, evincive, reflective, indicatory, denotive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His speech was filled with metaphoric language, painting vivid images in the minds of the audience.”
      “The combination of fossils and gouged marks created a metaphoric interplay between fossilized creatures and shelled victims.”
      “The work of David Freedberg and Cell suggests that the animation implied here is something more than a metaphoric conceit.”
metaphorized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of metaphorize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. analogized, compared, equated, likened, bracketed, assimilated, related, matched, paralleled, parallelled, correlated, collated, grouped, classed, associated, equaled, linked, connected, equalled, identified, allegorized, approximated, mentioned in the same breath, regarded as identical, regarded as the same, drew an analogy, drawn an analogy, set side by side, paired, made an analogy between, noticed similarities, identified with, made like, thought of together, put alongside, put together with, regarded as identical to, regarded as the same as, put together, drawn an analogy between, drew an analogy between, resembled, approached, grouped with, bracketed with, classed with, allied, coordinated, held, considered … more
metaphorizing
  1. present participle of metaphorize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. analogizing, comparing, equating, likening, bracketing, assimilating, relating, matching, paralleling, parallelling, correlating, collating, associating, grouping, classing, equaling, equalling, linking, connecting, identifying, approximating, allegorizing, drawing an analogy, mentioning in the same breath, regarding as the same, regarding as identical, setting side by side, drawing an analogy between, pairing, making an analogy between, identifying with, making like, noticing similarities, thinking of together, regarding as identical to, drawing a parallel, regarding as the same as, putting together, classing with, grouping with, bracketing with, putting together with, mentioning in the same breath as, setting side by side with, coordinating, tying, bringing together, showing a connection between, showing a relationship between, showing an association between … more
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