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Meanings of figuratively in English

Spanish
figurativamente

In a figurative sense.

figurativamente
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Examples for "literally"
Examples for "literally"
1
For 25 years, the internet has literally changed the way we think.
The Irish Times
2
The result is that scientists are literally drowning in data and information.
Pubmed
3
If he wanted to know for sure, he could literally just ask.
Wired
4
The restaurant's list of ingredients can result in literally millions of combinations.
Reuters
5
They literally think this costs millions and millions of dollars, this decision.
The new yorker
Usage of figuratively in English
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However, as reported by IOL News, the term arrested was used figuratively.
The South African
2
I considered the psychological effect of raising children on leashes-literallyor figuratively.
Ebony
3
The road from Bangui to Brussels goes through Paris, literally and figuratively.
The Irish Times
4
He was starting to enjoy keeping her off balance, literally and figuratively.
Do you take this rebel?
5
Religion: men figuratively saw God face to face in the Primitive, 508-m.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
6
Tokyo is often described as crowded, mushrooming, figuratively bursting at the seams.
The Guardian
7
I also was too indolent-truly ,notfiguratively; the book was never written.
In the Valley
8
Clay resists until she finally forces his hand, both figuratively and literally.
Ebony
9
The villages along the road all seemed empty-notfiguratively but literally empty.
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
10
This fight is, figuratively if not literally, do-or-die for both of them.
The Guardian
11
Things are said figuratively by Mutation when the ordinary order is inverted.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
12
But one man was missing, both physically and figuratively: Nelson Mandela himself.
The Guardian
13
They made my blood fairly curdle, and I am not speaking figuratively.
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life by a New Englan...
14
You have to show you can hold your liquor, literally and figuratively.
More bitter than death: an emma fielding mystery
15
You're not going to marry Violet figuratively-you'regoing to marry her literally!
The Bad Beginning
16
The pilot episode of Caprica is more grounded, both literally and figuratively.
Wired
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Figuratively through the time
Figuratively across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common