| Synecdochical | a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ] Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Synecdochically | adv. By synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| synecdochic | (adj) using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it, Syn. synecdochical, Example: to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech |