Allegorical
[,ælɪ'gɒrɪk(ə)l] or [,ælə'gɔrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; 'allegorical stories'; 'an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army' .
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Definition
(a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Figurative, typical.
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Examples
- There was about it an undulating and aerial grace, such as one might dream of for some mythic and allegorical being. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His figures, which usually dealt with historical, mythological, or allegorical subjects, were executed in relief, and colored. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now, Mrs. Sparsit was not a poetical woman; but she took an idea in the nature of an allegorical fancy, into her head. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A large circular fish-pond with stone sides, and an allegorical leaden monster in the middle, occupies the centre of the square. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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