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Nonliteral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Nonliteral has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

That which is not a literal.

Adjective
1

(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

"figurative language"

2

Not literal.

See Also
trope literal
Related Terms
Antonyms
literal
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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