Metonymical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metonymical
       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}]