metaphorically
Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
- Dérivé de metaphorical, avec le suffixe -ly.
Adverbe [modifier le wikicode]
metaphorically \ˌmɛt.ə.ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.kə.li\ (États-Unis), \ˌmɛt.ə.ˈfɔː.ɹɪ.kə.li\ (Royaume-Uni)
- Métaphoriquement.
- She gathered together her quack periodicals and her quack medicines, and thus armed with death, went about on her pale horse, metaphorically speaking, with “hell following after.” — (Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)