Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a figurate manner.
- 2 Figuratively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a figurate manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
figuratively , in afigurative manner.
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Examples
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It sure is fun visiting this little echo chamber and figurately seeing all these socialist pigs squeal ....
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Saw I am Sylar, wished the writers figured out what each character was instead of changing their personality (figurately people) every epsiode to the whims and fancy's of cliff hangers
unknown title 2009
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Oh please, you are killin 'us, figurately of course, becuase you are a pathetic looser of a human, who does not even deserve to draw breath.
Think Progress 2009
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Oh please, you are killin 'us, figurately of course, becuase you are a pathetic looser of a human, who does not even deserve to draw breath.
Think Progress 2009
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