Definition of figuratively in English:

figuratively

adverb ˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪvliˈfɪɡjərədəvli

1Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically.
we left a lot of people literally and figuratively in the dark
sentence adverb I did bump into—figuratively speaking—quite a few interesting people
Example sentencesExamples
- Earthquakes occur frequently during their visit, reminding them that the ground beneath their feet is extremely shaky, both literally and figuratively.
- The curators have figuratively thrown open the doors to the tomb, let in the light, and shaken out clouds of ancient dust.
- His escape meant that he had to be figuratively executed, with the result that the people, ideas, and culture associated with him were outlawed and destroyed in his stead.
- After half an hour in a cubicle, I'm ready to climb the walls (figuratively), but it takes days of working up on the scaffold before things grow tiresome.
- The students are taught to swim with their heads, figuratively speaking.
- The good citizens were so enraged that they rose up in arms, figuratively at least, and founded the civic society.
- In any event, we know that after drinking alcohol we often lose direction, literally and figuratively.
- I'm leaving the subject broad, hoping we can veer off down all kinds of different paths, figuratively and literally.
- His film nails the primal horror of not knowing what's beneath the surface—literally and figuratively.
- What is it that viewers are seeing—literally and figuratively—when they see the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, or the Lincoln Memorial on the screen?
2In a style representing forms that are recognizably derived from life.
Chinese art influenced her to paint figuratively
Example sentencesExamples
- She merged her body with nature, often figuratively, by creating silhouettes of her body out of such materials as flowers, rocks, blood, twigs, or earth.
- In Chicago, he had already begun to work figuratively and in the relatively "minor" medium of gouache on paper or board.
- Charlie, on the other hand, painted a complete abstract with no attempt to portray anything figuratively.
- Although there has been some buzz of late about young abstract painters in Los Angeles, much of the truly innovative new work has been figuratively based.
- At their very core—or lack of a core, both really and figuratively—Picasso's ceramics are three-dimensional repudiations of a certain strain of modernism.
- I liked moving the paint around, and I painted figuratively as an undergraduate student.
- When he painted figuratively, he rarely painted a specific person—it was always a condition, a feeling, or a state.
- Working both figuratively and abstractly, in bronze, clay, and various print mediums, he showed in New York at a number of galleries.
- The ballet is entitled to green hills sprinkled liberally with savage and scarlet (and I mean this more figuratively than simply British works sprinkled with Australian ones).
- Here we are cajoled into reading adjacent daubs figuratively, as melting body parts or mutant landscapes.

Definition of figuratively in US English:

figuratively

adverbˈfiɡyərədəvlēˈfɪɡjərədəvli

1Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically.
we left a lot of people literally and figuratively in the dark
sentence adverb I did bump into—figuratively speaking—quite a few interesting people
Example sentencesExamples
- The curators have figuratively thrown open the doors to the tomb, let in the light, and shaken out clouds of ancient dust.
- Earthquakes occur frequently during their visit, reminding them that the ground beneath their feet is extremely shaky, both literally and figuratively.
- I'm leaving the subject broad, hoping we can veer off down all kinds of different paths, figuratively and literally.
- What is it that viewers are seeing—literally and figuratively—when they see the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, or the Lincoln Memorial on the screen?
- His film nails the primal horror of not knowing what's beneath the surface—literally and figuratively.
- After half an hour in a cubicle, I'm ready to climb the walls (figuratively), but it takes days of working up on the scaffold before things grow tiresome.
- The good citizens were so enraged that they rose up in arms, figuratively at least, and founded the civic society.
- The students are taught to swim with their heads, figuratively speaking.
- His escape meant that he had to be figuratively executed, with the result that the people, ideas, and culture associated with him were outlawed and destroyed in his stead.
- In any event, we know that after drinking alcohol we often lose direction, literally and figuratively.
2In a style representing forms that are recognizably derived from life.
Chinese art influenced her to paint figuratively
Example sentencesExamples
- Although there has been some buzz of late about young abstract painters in Los Angeles, much of the truly innovative new work has been figuratively based.
- At their very core—or lack of a core, both really and figuratively—Picasso's ceramics are three-dimensional repudiations of a certain strain of modernism.
- When he painted figuratively, he rarely painted a specific person—it was always a condition, a feeling, or a state.
- The ballet is entitled to green hills sprinkled liberally with savage and scarlet (and I mean this more figuratively than simply British works sprinkled with Australian ones).
- Here we are cajoled into reading adjacent daubs figuratively, as melting body parts or mutant landscapes.
- I liked moving the paint around, and I painted figuratively as an undergraduate student.
- She merged her body with nature, often figuratively, by creating silhouettes of her body out of such materials as flowers, rocks, blood, twigs, or earth.
- In Chicago, he had already begun to work figuratively and in the relatively "minor" medium of gouache on paper or board.
- Working both figuratively and abstractly, in bronze, clay, and various print mediums, he showed in New York at a number of galleries.
- Charlie, on the other hand, painted a complete abstract with no attempt to portray anything figuratively.

词汇	figuratively
释义	Definition of figuratively in English: figuratively adverb ˈfɪɡ(ə)rətɪvliˈfɪɡjərədəvli 1Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically. we left a lot of people literally and figuratively in the dark sentence adverb I did bump into—figuratively speaking—quite a few interesting people Example sentencesExamples Earthquakes occur frequently during their visit, reminding them that the ground beneath their feet is extremely shaky, both literally and figuratively. The curators have figuratively thrown open the doors to the tomb, let in the light, and shaken out clouds of ancient dust. His escape meant that he had to be figuratively executed, with the result that the people, ideas, and culture associated with him were outlawed and destroyed in his stead. After half an hour in a cubicle, I'm ready to climb the walls (figuratively), but it takes days of working up on the scaffold before things grow tiresome. The students are taught to swim with their heads, figuratively speaking. The good citizens were so enraged that they rose up in arms, figuratively at least, and founded the civic society. In any event, we know that after drinking alcohol we often lose direction, literally and figuratively. I'm leaving the subject broad, hoping we can veer off down all kinds of different paths, figuratively and literally. His film nails the primal horror of not knowing what's beneath the surface—literally and figuratively. What is it that viewers are seeing—literally and figuratively—when they see the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, or the Lincoln Memorial on the screen? 2In a style representing forms that are recognizably derived from life. Chinese art influenced her to paint figuratively Example sentencesExamples She merged her body with nature, often figuratively, by creating silhouettes of her body out of such materials as flowers, rocks, blood, twigs, or earth. In Chicago, he had already begun to work figuratively and in the relatively "minor" medium of gouache on paper or board. Charlie, on the other hand, painted a complete abstract with no attempt to portray anything figuratively. Although there has been some buzz of late about young abstract painters in Los Angeles, much of the truly innovative new work has been figuratively based. At their very core—or lack of a core, both really and figuratively—Picasso's ceramics are three-dimensional repudiations of a certain strain of modernism. I liked moving the paint around, and I painted figuratively as an undergraduate student. When he painted figuratively, he rarely painted a specific person—it was always a condition, a feeling, or a state. Working both figuratively and abstractly, in bronze, clay, and various print mediums, he showed in New York at a number of galleries. The ballet is entitled to green hills sprinkled liberally with savage and scarlet (and I mean this more figuratively than simply British works sprinkled with Australian ones). Here we are cajoled into reading adjacent daubs figuratively, as melting body parts or mutant landscapes. Definition of figuratively in US English: figuratively adverbˈfiɡyərədəvlēˈfɪɡjərədəvli 1Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically. we left a lot of people literally and figuratively in the dark sentence adverb I did bump into—figuratively speaking—quite a few interesting people Example sentencesExamples The curators have figuratively thrown open the doors to the tomb, let in the light, and shaken out clouds of ancient dust. Earthquakes occur frequently during their visit, reminding them that the ground beneath their feet is extremely shaky, both literally and figuratively. I'm leaving the subject broad, hoping we can veer off down all kinds of different paths, figuratively and literally. What is it that viewers are seeing—literally and figuratively—when they see the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, or the Lincoln Memorial on the screen? His film nails the primal horror of not knowing what's beneath the surface—literally and figuratively. After half an hour in a cubicle, I'm ready to climb the walls (figuratively), but it takes days of working up on the scaffold before things grow tiresome. The good citizens were so enraged that they rose up in arms, figuratively at least, and founded the civic society. The students are taught to swim with their heads, figuratively speaking. His escape meant that he had to be figuratively executed, with the result that the people, ideas, and culture associated with him were outlawed and destroyed in his stead. In any event, we know that after drinking alcohol we often lose direction, literally and figuratively. 2In a style representing forms that are recognizably derived from life. Chinese art influenced her to paint figuratively Example sentencesExamples Although there has been some buzz of late about young abstract painters in Los Angeles, much of the truly innovative new work has been figuratively based. At their very core—or lack of a core, both really and figuratively—Picasso's ceramics are three-dimensional repudiations of a certain strain of modernism. When he painted figuratively, he rarely painted a specific person—it was always a condition, a feeling, or a state. The ballet is entitled to green hills sprinkled liberally with savage and scarlet (and I mean this more figuratively than simply British works sprinkled with Australian ones). Here we are cajoled into reading adjacent daubs figuratively, as melting body parts or mutant landscapes. I liked moving the paint around, and I painted figuratively as an undergraduate student. She merged her body with nature, often figuratively, by creating silhouettes of her body out of such materials as flowers, rocks, blood, twigs, or earth. In Chicago, he had already begun to work figuratively and in the relatively "minor" medium of gouache on paper or board. Working both figuratively and abstractly, in bronze, clay, and various print mediums, he showed in New York at a number of galleries. Charlie, on the other hand, painted a complete abstract with no attempt to portray anything figuratively.
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