figuratively

Adverb

Meaning

in a figurative sense

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

clearly definitely distinctly figurative graphically characteristically convincingly eloquently concretely candied hieroglyphically tropically floridly effectively explicitly
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Antonyms

literally almost generally actually slightly exactly
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Phrases with the word

expressing figuratively not figuratively

Examples

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection. Fukuzawa Yukichi

Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space. Willard van Orman Quine

Hang Mortmain," said Will. "And I mean that literally, of course, but also figuratively. Cassandra Clare

In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively. Gene Tunney

I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases. Harry S. Truman

Luckily, my husband is my business partner as well as my life partner, so I never had to do the heavy lifting alone, literally or figuratively. Josie Maran

Close letter words and terms

figurative figurative art figurative expression figurativeness figure figure 4