figuratively in English

adverb

in a figurative manner; metaphorically, symbolically

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1. What does Abrood mean? (figuratively) Mischief

2. Synonym: Borborygm· (figuratively) Something resembling Borborygmus

3. The word is used figuratively in the context.

4. N Allay Figuratively, admixture, especially of something inferior

5. Very rarely you may find Arenaceous used figuratively

6. Having fibromyalgia is a pain, literally and figuratively.

7. They have a taste - figuratively speaking - for excitement.

8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see All over

9. English speakers like to use the word neck figuratively.

10. Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him.

11. At times , both hands are figuratively tied behind my back.

12. She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.

13. Basher ( plural Bashers ) One who bashes something, figuratively or literally

14. Allegorically: in an allegorical manner, figuratively, metaphorically: Translations: 1 – 1 / 1

15. Yet, they figuratively gulped down the camel, which was also unclean.

16. Brown prunes a currant bush and then is figuratively pruned himself.

17. Synonyms for Allegorically include emblematically, figuratively, parabolically, symbolically, imagistically, metaphorically, representatively, fictionally

18. Notice in this sentence the word is used figuratively a transferred sense.

19. 2379 thysiastḗrion – Altar; (figuratively) the meeting place between God and the true worshiper; (figuratively) the "place" of consecration, where the Lord meets and communes with the sincere believer.

20. Bestial (comparative more Bestial, superlative most Bestial) (literally and figuratively) Beast-like c

21. The word in the sentence is used figuratively or in a transferred sense.

22. Why can we be happy when persecuted and figuratively “leap for joy”?

23. According to Revelation 11:11, they ‘stood up,’ or figuratively were resurrected.

24. 26:6 —How do we, like David, figuratively march around Jehovah’s altar?

25. The Hebrew word for “nose” or “nostril” is often used figuratively for anger.

26. I know I'll spend time in Tennessee and mend some fences, literally and figuratively.

27. The expression is here used figuratively and denotes the best of the flock.

28. Backbreaking (comparative more Backbreaking, superlative most Backbreaking) ( figuratively ) Of work, very physically tiring

29. The definition of Adhere means to stick to something, either literally or figuratively

30. The upfront work is the secret to a million - dollar business and figuratively.

31. Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.

32. “Skillful direction” is especially important when we find ourselves in troubled waters, figuratively speaking.

33. Figuratively speaking, who are “the grinding women” and “the ladies seeing at the windows”?

34. Actually, the Bible sometimes uses the terms “heavens,” “earth,” and “fire” figuratively, as symbols.

35. Literally and figuratively, they have ‘beaten swords into plowshares and spears into pruning shears.’

36. As I looked through the viewfinder, however, my focus literally and figuratively became clear.

37. Butthurt is the corrolary to being figuratively raped in a videogame or online argument

38. Meaning "to reach the Bottom of" is from 1808 (earlier figuratively, 1785).

39. Assuage Meaning: "to soften," usually figuratively, of pain, anger, passion, grief, etc., c

40. Pressures and anxieties can weigh on our mind and cause our hands to drop down figuratively.

41. Because of these characteristics, the Bible uses sheep figuratively to depict innocent, abused, or defenseless people.

42. With some 000 employees in more than 30 countries. Aker Solutions's expertise breaches boundaries and figuratively.

43. Brickbat may also be used figuratively, to mean a hurled insult or extremely blunt criticism.

44. At Heb 12:1, this noun is used figuratively for the Christian “race” for life.

45. Figuratively, they have already ‘beaten their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears.’

46. When Buoy is a verb, it can mean to float like a Buoy, literally or figuratively

47. Figuratively, one may imagine the radiation of such a spherical maser as resembling a little hedgehog.

48. The definition of Adherent is an item or entity that sticks to something, either literally or figuratively

49. With some 000 employees in more than 30 countries. Aker Kvaerner's expertise breaches boundaries and figuratively.

50. Morning light figuratively lays hold of the ends of the earth and shakes out the wicked.