Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a metaphorical manner;
- Example: "she expressed herself metaphorically"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]taphorique.]
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
metaphorically
adv 1: in a metaphorical manner; "she expressed herself
metaphorically"