figuratively
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figuratively adverb
- (manner) In a figurative manner.
- Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
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metaphoricallyfiguratelyfigurallyunfigurativelyliterarilyallegoricallysymbolicallymanneristicallyfictionallynonliterallyprefigurativelyironicallyimagisticallyliteralisticallyphysicallysymbolistically
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