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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
metaphorically
adv : in a metaphorical manner; "she expressed herself
metaphorically"
more about metaphorically
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