Associations to the word «Figuratively»
Noun
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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.