Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
{Metonymy}.]
Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv.
metonymic
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"
[syn: {metonymical}]