figuratively
(adverb) in a figurative sense; “figuratively speaking,...”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
figuratively (comparative more figuratively, superlative most figuratively)
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
• literally
Source: Wiktionary
Fig"ur*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]
1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.
2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate.
– Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv.
– Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
