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metaphorically

UK
/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkli/
US
/ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkli/

Translations

metaphoricallyadverb
UK
/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkli/
US
/ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkli/
He was metaphorically drowning in paperwork, with no end in sight.
Il se noyait métaphoriquement sous la paperasse, sans fin en vue.
Additional translations
au sens figuré
Synonyms
figuratively
symbolically
representatively
allusively
imaginatively

Definitions

metaphoricallyadverb
In a way that uses or relates to metaphor; figuratively.
He was metaphorically drowning in paperwork, with no end in sight.
Used as a sentence adverb to signal that the following statement or word group is not to be taken literally.
Metaphorically, his career was on fire.
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