unfigurative

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ figurative.

Adjective

unfigurative (comparative more unfigurative, superlative most unfigurative)

  1. Not figurative; unmetaphorical; literal.
    • 1848, Samuel Davidson, An Introduction to the New Testament:
      [T]he cognate passages […] would lead us to suppose that the Saviour spoke to the apostles of approaching events connected with Himself in definite expressions of an unfigurative character.
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