About The Word Metonymical
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Metonymical
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What's The Definition Of Metonymical?
[adj] 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"
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