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metaphorically
adverb
(met-a-phor-i-cal-ly)
in a metaphorical or figurative sense rather than a literal sense : by using a metaphor
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figuratively
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symbolically
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virtually
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allegorically
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literally
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poetically
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metaphysically
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proverbially
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poignantly
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prophetically
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philosophically
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abstractly
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eloquently
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rhetorically
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crudely
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aptly
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thematically
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spiritually
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ritually
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mystically
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worshipfully
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melodramatically
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indelicately
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dead metaphor
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memorably
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literarily
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obliquely
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brokenly
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psychically
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confusedly
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reductively
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tritely
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feelingly
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exultantly
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salaciously
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reflectively
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insipidly
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cosmically
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fancifully
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interiorly
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fussily
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lingeringly
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prudishly
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portentously
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meaninglessly
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tautologically
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desolately
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immortally
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distastefully
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tralation
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unkindly
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inescapably
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wetly
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vulnerably
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mythologically
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loftily
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idealistically
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possessively
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forsooth
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pugnaciously
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unsmilingly
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meditatively
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wonderingly
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funnily
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descriptively
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pityingly
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sinisterly
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erotically
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artlessly
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advisedly
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inelegantly
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squeamishly
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pretentiously
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grandiloquently
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akimbo
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blasphemously
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ponderously
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christianly
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artistically
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tipsily
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submissively
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intelligibly
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unselfconsciously
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casually
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raffishly
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impersonally
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flimsily
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fitly
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intellectually
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fixedly
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reproachfully
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tralatitiously
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ashamedly
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ungrammatically
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dolefully
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ungracefully
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coquettishly
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boldly
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masochistically
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metaphorically
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