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metaphorically ADV

metaphorically LIT
مَجَازِيًّا
metaphorically LIT
مَجَازِيّ
metaphorically LIT
بِشَكْل مَجَازِيٍّ

metaphorically

metaphorically
مَجَازاً
metaphorically
على سَبِيلِ المَجَاز

expressed metaphorically LING

speaking metaphorically LING

use metaphorically VB (something for)

use metaphorically
كَنَى بِهِ عَنْ

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The trousers (metaphorically of course) are on a rota.
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Ultimately, this last word derives from "blos" / lump, clod, and, metaphorically, mushroom.
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Metaphorically, the pie is still the same sizebut it has been sliced into more pieces, each piece being proportionately smaller.
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In modern usage, legal or administrative bodies with strict, arbitrary rulings and secretive proceedings are sometimes called, metaphorically or poetically, "star chambers".
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Metaphorically, their cooperation suggests the activity of peaceful nation-building.
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They find that four distinct but related processes metaphorically structure basic arithmetic: object collection, object construction, using a measuring stick, and moving along a path.
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Something that was span-new was a freshly cut chip or, metaphorically, anything as new as a freshly cut chip.
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Put metaphorically, the material may be incendiary but nearly everyone is fireproof.
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This corresponds with the song's lyrics which deal with the demise of a relationship taking a metaphorically physical toll on a partner.
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Sometimes, metaphor and metonymy may both be at work in the same figure of speech, or one could interpret a phrase metaphorically or metonymically.
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