See figuratively on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "(în mod) figurat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metaforíčeski",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "метафори́чески"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óbrazno",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "о́бразно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figurálʹno",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "фигура́льно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "figuradamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "en sentido figurado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "figurativamente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "bildligt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a figurative manner",
"word": "mecazen"
}
],
"word": "figuratively"
}
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