Adverb
in a figurative sense
Source: WordNetTherefore, 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