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metonymical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective metonymical has 1 sense
- metonymical(s = adj.all) metonymic - using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works" Derived forms noun metonym1, noun metonymy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
metonymical, a. [See Metonymy.].
Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. [1913 Webster]
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