non-metaphorical
adjective
(alsononmetaphorical)uk/ˌnɒn.met.əˈfɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌnɑːn.met̬.əˈfɔːr.ɪ.kəl/notcontainingorexpressedusing ametaphor(=languageor animagethatdescribesapersonorobjectby referring to something that issimilarto thatpersonorobject):
Wefaceda nonmetaphoricaluphillclimbtoreachourdestination.
Financialbubblesare just aspronetoburstingas non-metaphoricalbubbles.
- Theauthorhasframedhisargumentin nonmetaphorical and nonliteraryterms.
- A phrase such as "tableleg"seemsveryordinaryand nonmetaphorical to anativespeakerofEnglish.
- If there is aresemblancebetween two things, it is oftenpossibletodescribethepropertiessharedby them in a non-metaphorical way.
- Thisversein theBiblemakes theclaimthatGodis Adam's non-metaphoricalfather.
Ways of speaking
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- accentuation
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- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
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- lilt
- pronunciation
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- signer
- sociolect
- synecdoche
- toned
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