Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metaphorically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]taphorique.]
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
{Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metaphorically
adv : in a metaphorical manner; "she expressed herself
metaphorically"
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