After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.
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Figuratively
Synonyms for "figuratively" (11 found)
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Adverb(2 words)
as it were
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Determiner(2 words)
more first-language idiomsmost quantum physics
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6 entriesfigurative devicefigurative expressionfigurative languagefigurative usagenonliteral expressionnonliteral meaning
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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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