Examples of 'metaphorically' in a sentence
Meaning of "metaphorically"
metaphorically (adverb) - refers to expressing something in a figurative rather than literal way, often using metaphors. This term is used to clarify that the statement should not be interpreted literally but symbolically or metaphorically
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- In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.
- Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally
How to use "metaphorically" in a sentence
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The earth metaphorically is shitting its pants.
Blood was spilled both literally and metaphorically.
More metaphorically raped her by having a penis.
Or it could be taken as referring metaphorically to spiritual cleansing.
It may metaphorically be said that natural selection.
The expression is now generally used metaphorically.
I was not speaking metaphorically about your life.
He reflects on what he sees literally and metaphorically.
Since my people were metaphorically freed from slavery.
I mean that both literally and metaphorically.
We wanted to metaphorically piss on their atomic bonfire.
To be able to make up a trophy that metaphorically said.
It is metaphorically described as man containing everything within.
The term is also often used metaphorically.
It metaphorically reemerges in the abstract outlines of their shapes.
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So then your head must metaphorically hurt.
I think metaphorically but he was in the bathroom for a while.
The chimera symbolizes metaphorically the band.
Is metaphorically taking this journey with someone else.
Social or political struggle is represented more metaphorically.
But nietzsche was speaking metaphorically about evolving as a species.
I would like to answer this question metaphorically.
That is literally and metaphorically a drop in the ocean.
Johnson later explained that he was speaking metaphorically.
The bitch was metaphorically cut.
And metaphorically speaking that is what he did.
It was the story of all of our lives metaphorically.
It is transparent because of the metaphorically ephemeral characteristics it holds.
One is literally and the second is metaphorically.
It may be described metaphorically as an emotional kind of resonance or mirroring.
I do not like to be touched literally or metaphorically.
And they speak to us metaphorically all the time.
Metaphorically that happens to me as an operator frequently.
Of all the things to metaphorically genderize.
Is metaphorically known as a social license to operate.
I do not mean that metaphorically either.
An enigma is a problem in which the solution is expressed metaphorically.
Everyone wears a mask metaphorically speaking.
Not metaphorically but physically.
Literally in some cases and metaphorically in most others.
Metaphorically rather than literally.
It came to be used metaphorically of a foot race.
The term safety valve is also used metaphorically.
Many were metaphorically looking up for answers.
They mean the dog metaphorically.
I was now metaphorically in the glasshouse.
I am pretty sure she meant metaphorically.
Do something to metaphorically let the past go.
Ady is markedly willing to read the bible metaphorically.
Physically and metaphorically they had to.
