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fig⋅ur⋅al

[fig-yer-uhl]
–adjective
consisting of figures, esp. human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL figūrālis, equiv. to L figūra figure + -ālis -al 1


fig⋅ur⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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fig·ur·al   (fĭg'yər-əl)   
adj.  Of, consisting of, or forming a pictorial composition of human or animal figures.
fig'ur·al·ly adv.
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