metaphoricallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: metaphorical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < metaphorical adj. + -ly suffix², after post-classical Latin metaphorice (4th cent.; 1552 in the passage translated in quot. 1571). Compare post-classical Latin metaphoricos (2nd–3rd cent.; < Hellenistic Greek μεταϕορικῶς ), Middle French methoforiquement (late 15th cent.), Middle French, French métaphoriquement (c1512; 1504 in form metaphoricquement ), Italian metaforicamente . Compare earlier metaphorally adv.

In a metaphorical sense; by the use of metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > metaphorically or figuratively

figurately?1531

metaphorally1548

tropically1556

metaphorically1571

analogically1610

allusively1615

figuratively1651

tropologetically1652

tralatitiously1657

tropologically1678

ideologically1861

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 3) By terming his government metaphorically by the name of ‘Bondes and yoke’.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Nn1 Hotchepot..metaphorically a comm[i]xtion or putting together of lands, for the equall diuision of them being so put together.

1668 Duchess of Newcastle Sociable Compan. ii. i. 26 in Plays Some are so excellent And well experienced in the Art of making Love Allegorically, or Metaphorically.

1752 Gouge's Christian Direct. (new ed.) ix. 44 ‘If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off..’ &c. Which words are not literally to be taken.., but metaphorically.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §27. 114 We metaphorically apply the idea of sweetness to sights, and sounds.

1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. These Judges, then, speaking metaphorically, are are so many looking-glasses.

1831 T. Arnold Let. Apr. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) (ed. 2) I. vi. 294 Literally as well as metaphorically blind.

1885 Manch. Examiner 2 May 6/2 Mr. Broadhurst metaphorically fell upon Mr. Bentinck's neck.

1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock xi. 111 Nothing affected his good humour—she might weep, she might tear her heart out (metaphorically) and bang it on the floor, Edward would not be perturbed.

1989 A. Storr Freud ii. 13 A pain in the region of the heart might signify that the patient's heart had been metaphorically broken.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metaphorically
释义	metaphoricallyadv. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: metaphorical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < metaphorical adj. + -ly suffix², after post-classical Latin metaphorice (4th cent.; 1552 in the passage translated in quot. 1571). Compare post-classical Latin metaphoricos (2nd–3rd cent.; < Hellenistic Greek μεταϕορικῶς ), Middle French methoforiquement (late 15th cent.), Middle French, French métaphoriquement (c1512; 1504 in form metaphoricquement ), Italian metaforicamente . Compare earlier metaphorally adv. In a metaphorical sense; by the use of metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > metaphorically or figuratively figurately?1531 metaphorally1548 tropically1556 metaphorically1571 analogically1610 allusively1615 figuratively1651 tropologetically1652 tralatitiously1657 tropologically1678 ideologically1861 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 3) By terming his government metaphorically by the name of ‘Bondes and yoke’. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Nn1 Hotchepot..metaphorically a comm[i]xtion or putting together of lands, for the equall diuision of them being so put together. 1668 Duchess of Newcastle Sociable Compan. ii. i. 26 in Plays Some are so excellent And well experienced in the Art of making Love Allegorically, or Metaphorically. 1752 Gouge's Christian Direct. (new ed.) ix. 44 ‘If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off..’ &c. Which words are not literally to be taken.., but metaphorically. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §27. 114 We metaphorically apply the idea of sweetness to sights, and sounds. 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. These Judges, then, speaking metaphorically, are are so many looking-glasses. 1831 T. Arnold Let. Apr. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) (ed. 2) I. vi. 294 Literally as well as metaphorically blind. 1885 Manch. Examiner 2 May 6/2 Mr. Broadhurst metaphorically fell upon Mr. Bentinck's neck. 1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock xi. 111 Nothing affected his good humour—she might weep, she might tear her heart out (metaphorically) and bang it on the floor, Edward would not be perturbed. 1989 A. Storr Freud ii. 13 A pain in the region of the heart might signify that the patient's heart had been metaphorically broken. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1571
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