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allegorically, adv.|ælɪˈgɒrɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an allegoric or allegorical manner; by way of, or by means of, allegory; figuratively.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 330 Some..thinke it very profitable and an excellent thing to construe Homer and Virgil allegorically. 1641R. Brathwait Engl. Gentl. 102 In many places are wee allegorically and not literally to cleave to the Text. 1774T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry Dissert. iii. (1840) I. 200 Writers who affect to interpret allegorically. 1859Masson Milton I. 542 An acted pageant, with speeches, etc. by persons allegorically dressed. |