If figurative use were defined only as “using a word outside its assigned meaning,” an assertive metaphor theory might reply that the courageous man has been imaginatively included among lions. The qualifier “actually” signals the established sense, not the claimed enlargement.
A further objection concerns compatibility: does “without interpretive adjustment” in the literal definition sit coherently beside “in actuality” in the figurative definition? If the criteria are shifted inconsistently, one expression might be counted under incompatible categories.
A defensible distinction must keep original reference separate from imaginatively extended reference rather than using assignment in two unnoticed senses.