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- adjective Not
literal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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Examples
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[PW Daily @ pw. com, April 14, 2008] How well does his "nonliteral" approach work?
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The FCC declared that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive, or a "fleeting expletive," could be "actionably indecent."
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The woman compiled my results and explained to me that I had some trouble with nonliteral language.
Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010
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We became acutely aware of the evidence of change within individual works and in the multiple versions of single motifs, testimony to Matisse's fierce quest to capture his sensations in nonliteral ways.
Matisse Conquers Two Continents Karen Wilkin 2010
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[PW Daily @ pw. com, April 14, 2008] How well does his “nonliteral” approach work?
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The FCC declared that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive, or a "fleeting expletive," could be "actionably indecent."
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After complaints about Bono's comments, the FCC declared that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive, or a "fleeting expletive," could be "actionably indecent."
Court strikes down FCC indecency rules on fleeting f-bombs 2010
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The FCC declared that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive, or a "fleeting expletive," could be "actionably indecent."
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After complaints about Bono's comments, the FCC declared that a single, nonliteral use of an expletive, or a "fleeting expletive," could be "actionably indecent."
Court strikes down FCC indecency rules on fleeting f-bombs 2010
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[PW Daily @ pw. com, April 14, 2008] How well does his “nonliteral” approach work?
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