单词	figuratively
释义	figuratively adverb fig·​u·​ra·​tive·​ly ˈfi-g(y)ə-rə-tiv-lē  : in a figurative way: such as a : with a meaning that is metaphorical rather than literal Speaking of panic, I recently ran into (figuratively, not literally) a friend who was ranting about giant "bees" digging holes in his lawn. Ron Kujawski Poor small-town America. During the last gasps of this fevered election, pollsters, zealous campaign foot soldiers and reporters are kicking down its doors, figuratively speaking … Doug Colligan b : in a way intended to represent the form or figure of something or someone having objective reality : in a way that is not purely abstract Franz Kline, who had always painted figuratively, made his breakthrough in 1949 when he looked at one of his sketches in a Bell-Opticon magnifier, and saw the rough, thrusting horizontals and verticals that became the basis of his new abstract style. Calvin Tomkins Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above
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