Definition of
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[ adverb ] in a figurative sense

Examples

"figuratively speaking,..."

Related terms

literally figurative figurative

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Rhymes with

cooperatively comparatively negatively provocatively prohibitively alternatively consecutively imaginatively appreciatively conservatively cumulatively positively relatively tentatively attractively competitively administratively seductively constructively exhaustively productively retroactively intuitively sensitively actively effectively deceptively furtively instinctively collectively authoritatively attentively selectively respectively appreciatively objectively distinctively effectively qualitatively protectively creatively retrospectively legislatively assertively passively massively compulsively impressively impulsively aggressively impassively progressively decisively derisively derisively inconclusively naively comprehensively inexpensively intensively explosively extensively persuasively expensively exclusively excessively obsessively offensively defensively effusively lovely conclusively successively quantitatively tentatively lively bravely gravely plaintively

Phonetic and Homophones

F IH0 G Y UH1 R AH0 T IH0 V L IY0

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figurative figuration

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