FIGURATELY
Fig"ur*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a figurate manner.
FIGURATION
Fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. figuratio.]
1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: Mixture of concords and discords.
FIGURATIVE
Fig"ur*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See
Figurative.]
1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.
2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; — applied to words and expressions.
3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.