figural

figural
figurally, adv.
/fig"yeuhr euhl/, adj.
consisting of figures, esp. human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
[1400-50; late ME < LL figuralis, equiv. to L figura FIGURE + -alis -AL1]

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