The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
a. of, or relating to metonymy
WordNet
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: metonymic]
Usage examples of "metonymical".
He glides silently over the slippery mountains of its body, a metonymical terrain without end.
How could he give up the tantalizing, if so far frustrating, prospect of having her body next to his every night and in the fullness of time sleeping with her in the metonymical meaning of the expression?