figural

[ fig-yer-uhl ]

/ ˈfɪg yər əl /

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adjective

consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.

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Origin of figural

1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin figūrālis, equivalent to Latin figūrafigure + -ālis-al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM figural

fig·ur·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby figural

fig marigold, figment, figment of one's imagination, Figueres, figuline, figural, figurant, figurante, figurate, figurate number, figuration

How to use figural in a sentence

It shows us a slightly higher stage of the art of figural representation, as well as of conventional design.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899|Various
Yet nowhere is the strict figural plot more faithful in detail than with Csar Franck.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies|Philip H. Goepp

British Dictionary definitions for figural

figural

/ (ˈfɪɡərəl) /

adjective

composed of or relating to human or animal figures

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