Metaphorically
[,metə'fɔrikəli]
Definition
(adv.) in a metaphorical manner; 'she expressed herself metaphorically'.
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Examples
- They may metaphorically be called cousins to the same millionth degree, yet they differ widely and in different degrees from each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And in modern times we sometimes use metaphorically what Plato employed as a philosophical formula. Plato. The Republic.
- As I was saying, Mr. Philander-- screamed Professor Porter, as, metaphorically speaking, he himself threw her into high. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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