Associations to the word «Figuratively»
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Verb
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Wiktionary
FIGURATIVELY, adverb. (manner) In a figurative manner.
FIGURATIVELY, adverb. (speech act) Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
Dictionary definition
FIGURATIVELY, adverb. In a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking,...".
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.