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English
Etymology
From metaphorical + -ly.
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metaphorically (comparative more metaphorically, superlative most metaphorically)
- (manner) In a metaphorical manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.
- Synonym: nonliterally
He conveyed his teachings metaphorically.
1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, I.5: as, for example, in the present case of throwing herself, metaphorically speaking, at Mr Casaubon's feet, and kissing his unfashionable shoe-ties as if he were a Protestant Pope.
- (as a sentence adverb) Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally
Metaphorically, he was crushed.
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