Figuratively can be categorized as an adverb.
Adverb |
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| figuratively - in a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking,..." |
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| 1. | adv. | Figuratively speaking,... | |
| 2. | adv. | Figuratively speaking, this outer circle is the guardian, which makes sure that the people look and listen inwards to the inner circle of terror and incitement, rather than to the world outside. | |
| 3. | adv. | After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally. | |
| 4. | adv. | I like Lojban because I think in a figuratively Lojbanic manner. | |
| 5. | adv. | This is literally and figuratively out of this world. | |
| 6. | adv. | If you try to speak figuratively to the J-14 robots, they will sting you with a small barbed projectile, but the newer J-37 will randomly kill uncooperative humans. | |
| 7. | adv. | Figuratively speaking, of course. |
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| adv. | |
| Figuratively speaking,... |
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| Figuratively speaking, this outer circle is the guardian, which makes sure that the people look and listen inwards to the inner circle of terror and incitement, rather than to the world outside. |
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| After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally. | |
| I like Lojban because I think in a figuratively Lojbanic manner. | |
| This is literally and figuratively out of this world. | |
| If you try to speak figuratively to the J-14 robots, they will sting you with a small barbed projectile, but the newer J-37 will randomly kill uncooperative humans. | |
| Figuratively speaking, of course. | |