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unmetaˈphorical, a.
(un-1 7.)
1746J. Wesley Let. 25 June (1982) II. 199 In as plain and unmetaphorical words as the nature of the thing would bear. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy ix. xiii, I am got..into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. xi, An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for.
Hence unmetaˈphorically adv.
1829G. Griffin Collegians II. xxiv. 193 Sitting down to her, unmetaphorically, bitter draught with the meekest resignation. 1932H. H. Price Perception i. 13 This assumption when openly and unmetaphorically stated, is..extraordinary. 1963R. M. Hare Freedom & Reason xi. 210 Prepositions expressed in terms of them [sc. metaphors] are, when put unmetaphorically, true. |