Definition of Metaphorically

1. Adverb. In a metaphorical manner. "She expressed herself metaphorically"

Partainyms: Metaphorical

Definition of Metaphorically

1. Adverb. (context: manner) In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: speech act) (non-gloss definition Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metaphorically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphorically

metaphase II
metaphase i
metaphase plate
metaphases
metaphilosopher
metaphilosophers
metaphilosophical
metaphilosophies
metaphilosophy
metaphor
metaphore
metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorical extension
metaphorical theism
metaphorically (current term)
metaphoricity
metaphorise
metaphorist
metaphorists
metaphorize
metaphors
metaphosphate
metaphosphates
metaphosphoric
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrase
metaphrased
metaphrases
metaphrasing

Literary usage of Metaphorically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers Relating to the Garrison Mob by Theodore Lyman (1870)
"The Mayor is no longer "almost on his knees," but is, "metaphorically speaking, on his knees " j and he is at pains to summon witnesses to make his case ..."

2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"The language is at first rhetorically and metaphorically used; excited feeling, ... metaphorically ..."

3. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"... the names, head, eye, foot, can no longer be applied to the separate members, or at least can only be applied equivocally or metaphorically. ..."

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