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metaphoric

ADJECTIVE
figurative
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allegorical descriptive fanciful florid metaphorical pictorial
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denotative emblematic emblematical flowery illustrative ornate poetical representative signifying typical
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literal real straightforward
ADJECTIVE
illustrative
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descriptive emblematic figurative revealing
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allegorical clarifying comparative corroborative delineative diagrammatic exemplifying explicatory expository graphic iconographic illuminative illustrational illustratory imagistic indicative interpretive pictorial pictoric representative sample specifying symbolic typical
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atypical complicated confusing involved
ADJECTIVE
metaphorical
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allegorical descriptive symbolic
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denotative emblematic illustrative representative tropological

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