Figurally
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Figurant(n. masc.)
- One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.
Figurants
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Figurate(a.)
- Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.
Figuration(n.)
- The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.
Figuration(n.)
- Mixture of concords and discords.
Figurational
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Figurations
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Figurative(a.)
- Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
Figurative(a.)
- Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
Figurative(a.)
- Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
Figurative(a.)
- Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.
Figuratively
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Figurativeness
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Figure(n.)
- The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Figure(n.)
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.
Figure(n.)
- A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
Figure(n.)
- A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
Figure(n.)
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.
Figure(n.)
- A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
Figure(n.)
- Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.
Figure(n.)
- A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
Figure(n.)
- A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.
Figure(n.)
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
Figure(n.)
- Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
Figure(n.)
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
Figure(n.)
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
Figure(n.)
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
Figure(n.)
- To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
Figure(n.)
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
Figure(n.)
- To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
Figure(n.)
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.