unmetaphorical en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + metaphorical.
Meanings
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Not metaphorical.
An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for: is not your very Attention a Stretching-to?
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Prospective”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 49:A Little Night Music crosses Ingmar Bergman's randy Smiles of a Summer Night with Stephen Sondheim's typically chilly emotionalism; the result is a spectrum of romantic pathologies—including several shades of metaphorical incest and several more entirely unmetaphorical adulteries—played out against a background of summer vacation sensuality.
1994 July 8, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unmetaphorical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unmetaphorical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |