Words similar to figuratively

Example sentences for: figuratively

How can you use “figuratively” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

You might start with the fact that the United States, unlike Britain, has no centralized national theater, either literally or figuratively.
Back in the 1950s, twin colossi sat astride the Hudson, figuratively glowering at each other: Betty Friedan in Grandview on the West Bank, writing The Feminine Mystique , and John Cheever in Scarborough on the East Bank, writing the Wapshot books and the short stories.
Waterfalls literally or figuratively cascade to give a feeling of a city just having risen from the ocean.
In 1908 the Daily Chronicle used it figuratively to characterize a potato-peeling contest.
Hence also figuratively: celebration, jubilation.