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allusively, adv.|əˈl(j)uːsɪvlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] 1. Symbolically, metaphorically, figuratively. arch.
a1660Hammond Wks. I. 6 (J.) By which allusively are noted the Roman armies, whose ensign was the eagle. 1671Eachard Observ. 63 To take the words not litterally, but allusively. 1870H. Macmillan Bible Teach. ii. 39 They are only used allusively, as a kind of pictorial language. 2. By way of allusion, or indirect reference.
1656Trapp Exp. Matt. v. 12 (1868) 55/1 Allusively to the walks and galleries that were about the temple. 1755Young Centaur vi. Wks. 1757 IV. 259 To speak allusively to the patriarchal vision. 1779Johnson L. P., Dryden Wks. II. 339 An incident..allusively mentioned by Dryden. 1868Helps Realmah x. (1876) 284 To write always allusively, but so that the allusions should be understood by any intelligent person. 1881Strachey in Academy 5 Mar. 163 Trafalgar is dismissed allusively and unintelligibly in two lines. |