Definitions
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- noun obsolete Plural form of
simile (alternative spelling ofsimiles ).
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Examples
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Well thanks, but when self-styled intellectualoids like Medrawt command us from on high not to under any circumstances employ certain figures of speech like analogies or allegories – what about similies? or metaphors are they okay?
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Sutherland then treats us to several impressive examples of Ignatieff the writer with these metaphors/similies:
Novelist Politician 2009
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Sutherland then treats us to several impressive examples of Ignatieff the writer with these metaphors/similies:
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To switch similies for a moment, websites are like weeds.
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Speaking of milk and pathos, one rider who does not elicit pathos but who does evoke nutritional metaphors or at least similies is Mark "The Man Missile" Cavendish, as you can read in this Guardian interview which was forwarded to me by another reader:
Nice Assist: Worth its Weight in Milk BikeSnobNYC 2010
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At one point, I was collecting references on blogs that were not in any way focused on sports that used Detroit Lions analogies, similies, or metaphors basically to stand for “complete incompetence and futility.”
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Your use of analogies and similies is part of what makes your reviews not only colorful and sometimes very humorous.
Who wants to see ‘Friday The 13th’ with the Movie Geeks? | We Are Movie Geeks 2009
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I see that some are having a little fun with my friends diction and choices of similies.
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I went on to make a brilliant point or two about metaphores and similies, and then emailed a devestating reposte to someone who had made a personal comment.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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If by literalist you mean to say that we apply all the rules of grammar, read historical accounts as history, understand metaphors and similies then we have the same definition.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Who are the Real Christian Fundamentalists? 2007
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