After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.
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Figuratively
Synonyms for "figuratively" (4 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Related words (2)
Adverb(2 words)
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4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَجَازًا adv (in a figurative manner)
- مَجَازِيًّا adv (in a figurative manner)
Catalan
1 entries- figurativament adv (in a figurative manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 比喻地 adv (in a figurative manner)
Czech
1 entries- obrazně adv (in a figurative manner)
Dutch
1 entries- figuurlijk adv (in a figurative manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- figure adv (in a figurative manner)
Finnish
1 entries- kuvaannollisesti adv (in a figurative manner)
French
1 entries- figurément adv (in a figurative manner)
Georgian
4 entries- გადატანითი მნიშვნელობით adv (in a figurative manner)
- მეტაფორულად adv (in a figurative manner)
- მხატვრულად adv (in a figurative manner)
- ხატოვნად adv (in a figurative manner)
German
2 entries- bildlich adv (in a figurative manner)
- figürlich adv (in a figurative manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- képletesen adv (in a figurative manner)
- átvitt értelemben adv (in a figurative manner)
Latin
2 entries- figūrātīvē adv (in a figurative manner)
- tropicē adv (in a figurative manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- billedlig adv (in a figurative manner)
- overført betydning adv (in a figurative manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- biletleg adv (in a figurative manner)
- overført tydning adv (in a figurative manner)
Polish
2 entries- przenośnie adv (in a figurative manner)
- w przenośni adv (in a figurative manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- figurativamente adv (in a figurative manner)
Romanian
1 entries- (în mod) figurat adv (in a figurative manner)
Russian
3 entries- метафори́чески adv (in a figurative manner)
- о́бразно adv (in a figurative manner)
- фигура́льно adv (in a figurative manner)
Spanish
3 entries- en sentido figurado adv (in a figurative manner)
- figuradamente adv (in a figurative manner)
- figurativamente adv (in a figurative manner)
Swedish
1 entries- bildligt adv (in a figurative manner)
Turkish
1 entries- mecazen adv (in a figurative manner)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I like Lojban because I think in a figuratively Lojbanic manner.
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This is literally and figuratively out of this world.
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If you try to speak figuratively to the J-14 robots, they will sting you with a small barbed projectile, but the newer J-37 will randomly kill uncooperative humans.
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