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metaphorically

adv

Etymology

From metaphorical + -ly.

  1. derived from μεταφορά
  2. derived from metaphora
  3. derived from métaphore
  4. suffixed as metaphoric — “metaphor + ic”
  5. formed as metaphorical — “metaphoric + -al”
  6. formed as metaphorically — “metaphorical + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a metaphorical manner

    In a metaphorical manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.

    • He conveyed his teachings metaphorically.
    • […] 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.

  2. Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally

    • Metaphorically, he was crushed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at metaphorically. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at metaphorically. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at metaphorically

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA