figuratively

1. In a figurative manner.

   bildlich, figürlich

   метафори́ческиmetaforíčeski, о́бразноóbrazno, фигура́льноfigurálʹno

   in a figurative sense

2. Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.

   Figuratively, the cat was out of the bag.

   Time can be consumed figuratively like food.

1. This is literally and figuratively out of this world.

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2. After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.

   ruПосле неудачной операции на желчном пузыре пациента в прямом и переносном смысле переполняла желчь.

   deNach der vermasselten Cholezystektomie kam dem Patienten die Galle hoch, sowohl im übertragenen Sinn als auch wörtlich.

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3. Figuratively speaking, of course.

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4. I like Lojban because I think in a figuratively Lojbanic manner.

   ruМне нравится ложбан, потому что я мыслю, образно выражаясь, в его манере.

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