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Poesie, p. 128. Nor are his [Burke's] purely figurative pa ages the finest even as figured writing; he is best when the metaphor is subdued. Brougham , Burke. 4. In music , same as figurate , 3. figuratively (fig'u-ra-tiv-li), adv . In a figurative manner; by means of a figure or resemblance; metaphorically or tropically. For thog men sozt al sectes of sustren and of bretheren, And thow fynde hym, bote figuratisliche a ferly me think. Piers Plowman (C), xvii. 294. eth.