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Definition of Allegorically
1. Adverb. In an allegorical manner. "The play ended allegorically"
Definition of Allegorically
1. Adverb. in an allegorical manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allegorically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegorically
Literary usage of Allegorically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Hindostan: Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the by Thomas Maurice (1795)
"... by which is allegorically to be understood the SUN in his Strength in the Lion
of the Zodiac, forms the first of the TWELVE LABOURS of that Hero. ..."
2. A Handbook of the Law of Defamation and Verbal Injury by Frank Towers Cooper (1894)
"CHAPTER V MODES OF PUBLISHING DEFAMATORY MATTER Form of publication immaterial—May
be by direct assertion—Or as a question—Or allegorically—Or ..."
3. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1886)
"is allegorically EXPLAINED, AND HE APPLIES IT то THOSE THINGS WHICH GOD WORKS
FOR SANCTIFIED AND BLESSED MAN. FINALLY, HE MAKES AN END OF THIS WORK, ..."