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单词 allegorically
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allegoricallyadv.

Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡɒrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡɔrək(ə)li/
Forms: see allegorical adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allegorical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < allegorical adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin allegorice (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), ancient Greek ἀλληγορικῶς ( > post-classical Latin allegoricos (15th cent.)).
In an allegorical manner; by the use of allegory; symbolically.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > allegorically
parablyc1384
secretlyc1430
allegorically1538
parable-wise1573
mystically1586
parabolically1615
Aesopically1960
1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. xxxv. f. cxxxviv To interprete the wordes of the lordes souper allegorycally.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Ffv/2 Some..thincke it very profitable and an excellent thing to construe Homer and Virgil allegoricallie [L. allegorice].
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 181 In many places are wee allegorically and not literally to cleave to the Text.
1668 Duchess of Newcastle Sociable Compan. ii. i. 26 in Plays Some are so excellent And well experienced in the Art of making Love Allegorically, or Metaphorically.
1702 W. Freke Gen. Idea Allegorick Lang. ii. 34 A literal Dream may and does often end allegorically.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. Diss. iii. sig. l3v Writers who affect to interpret allegorically.
1831 Southern Rev. May 121 The Fine Arts and the Sciences have..been allegorically represented as sisters.
1859 D. Masson Life Milton I. 542 An acted pageant, with speeches, etc. by persons allegorically dressed.
1934 Classical Q. 28 109/2 Errors and fictions which ought not to be allegorically interpreted.
1998 P. Thaler Norwegian Minds—Amer. Dreams v. 73 Beret, who disapproves of the close association between Peder and the Irish, allegorically asserts that wheat and potatoes should not be kept in the same bin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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