† figurallyadv.
Obsolete.
1. By way of a figure, figuratively.
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society > communication > representation > [adverb]
figurallyc1380
presentativelyc1450
representativelyc1450
umbratically1683
representationally1867
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > [adverb]
figurallyc1380
similitudinary1581
figuratively1651
schematologetically1652
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 6 [Joon] is Hely figurali.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 77 This fortakened a virginis ymage with hir childe figurelly.
1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Olde Fayth sig. Diiij He came and performed all thinges in dede, that they had figurally in their sacrifices.
1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God (1842) iii. 23 Who doth not see that these things are to be taken figurally of God?
2. See figural adj. 2 to multiply figurally: to multiply into itself, so as to raise to a higher power.
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a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 206 When a Fraction is given to be multiplyed Figurally, multiply the Numerator by himself..and the Denominator likewise.
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