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What does metaphorically mean?

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Adverb
  1. (manner) In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.
  2. (speech act) Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally
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Each photograph is, metaphorically, an honored piece taken from the rubble of experience.
The parables of Jesus metaphorically break open myths and allow us to reimagine a new world.
But, literally and metaphorically, Loudon's still the daddy, and his 21st album finds him on typically acerbic and wittily literate form.
He was slightly stupid looking, with a big mouth, both physically and metaphorically.
The emotions and spirits metaphorically trickle down from the non-physical to the physical cells via the transportation of light.
A key point is that space should be owned and supervised, literally and metaphorically.

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