label should be uncoupled from "<span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>". Definitions describe "<span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>" meanings of words, not "<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>" meanings. This must be a separate...
Appendix:Glossary entry for "<span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>", as this is what it means. Meaning can be literal, specific or <span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>, it cannot be "<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>". If an entry is marked...
all contexts should be linked to categories, e.g. {{literally}} and {{<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>}}. Also the words given in brackets are contexts, not just category tags...
uses of the word-sequence); {{literally}} is "literally" as opposed to "<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>", and is mostly (but not exclusively) used at entries for individual...
{{lb|it|transitive|often|<span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>|or|jocular}} and it comes out '<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>', which reads wrong. Originally '<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>' mapped to '<span class="searchmatch">figurative</span>' which would...
doesn't achieve much, if anything. For example would we get rid of {{<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>}} or {{transitive}}. Similarly, {{of a|person}} achieves the same thing;...
covering matters of grammar and sense evolution, like "by extension" and "<span class="searchmatch">figuratively</span>". Then the specialized usage context was hijacked by a lazy advocate...
2010 (UTC) I could envision a very common simile having a higher-level, <span class="searchmatch">figurative</span> meaning. But I don't know of any that do. Maybe like a hundred bucks,...
usage of 金蟬／金蝉 (“golden cicada”) in historical Chinese texts is mainly <span class="searchmatch">figurative</span> or metaphoric. Not sure whether the species (Cryptotympana atrata) mentioned...
adding new wings. I'd venture to say that we still should be issuing <span class="searchmatch">figurative</span> hard hats to site visitors, including both job-seekers and future tenants...