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Meanings of figuratively in английском

испанский
figurativamente

In a figurative sense.

        figurativamente
        Usage of figuratively in английском
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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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        испанский
        figurativamente
        Figuratively through the time
        Figuratively across language varieties
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        United States of America
        Common