not figurative
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But the recent work is in a different style, and most of it is not figurative.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2016
“He wanted to imbue his art with an ‘object quality,’ neither abstract not figurative, the thing in itself.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2015
But the judicial precepts given to other peoples were not figurative, but stated what had to be done.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But the precepts of faith, hope, and charity are not figurative.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Literal, lit′ėr-al, adj. according to the letter: plain: not figurative or metaphorical: following the letter or exact meaning, word for word.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
