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metaphorical

[ met-uh-fawr-i-kuhl, -for- ]

adjective

  1. involving, invoking, or intended to be taken as a metaphor, something used symbolically to represent something else, suggesting a comparison or resemblance:

    Our foreign policy blunder has given the insurgents a metaphorical green light to engage in violent tactics in pursuit of their imperial ambitions.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of metaphorical1

First recorded in 1560–70; metaphor ( def ) + -ical ( def )
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That gap has grown to 16 since then and there remains the metaphorical length of the River Clyde between the two teams right now.

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The comedy scenes have an energy that’s missing in the more serious sequences, say the clumsily metaphorical shots of George fishing.

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They skillfully navigate between their relationship and their jobs — if there’s anything the other can’t know, it goes in a metaphorical “black bag.”

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But then one morning in mid-September, a memo from the very top tipped him over the metaphorical edge.

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Not that Hudson herself isn’t juggling a number of metaphorical basketballs at all times.

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