— figuredly /fig"yeuhrd lee, -yeuhr id-/ , adv.
/fig"yeuhrd/ , adj.
1. ornamented with a device or pattern: figured silk; figured wallpaper.
2. formed or shaped: figured stones.
3. represented by a pictorial or sculptured figure: The god is figured as part man, part beast.
4. Music.
a. florid.
b. having the accompanying chords indicated by figures.
5. figurative, as language.
[ 1350-1400; ME, ptp. of figuren to FIGURE; see -ED 2 ]