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figuratively 

What everybody means when they say "literally".
-Dude, I literally had smoke coming out of my ears!

-Really? Don't you mean you figuratively had smoke coming out of your ears, or did you really have smoke leaking out of your earholes?
figuratively by Built2Spill November 17, 2004

linguatively

When something is both figuratively and literally true.
"We're flying under the radar."

"Literally and figuratively."

"Is there a word for that? When it means both? Like in French, or something?"

"Linguatively. We're linguatively flying under the radar."

Fuck Me Figuratively Up The Ass

An exclamation of extreme shock and disbelief, whether at an event or a sight being witnessed.

Can also be used when you discover someone has been fucking you over.
Person 1: Holy shit! What the hell is that person doing?
Person 2: Well, fuck me figuratively up the ass, they're raping a dog.

Person 1: You have a date with Sally? You know, she has a boyfriend.
Person 2: Fuck me figuratively up the ass! Three months and she never said anything!

Literatively 

An adverb. Used to describe a word, phrase, or situation that can described in both a literal and figurative sense.
John: "When I first saw her, my soul began to quiver-- And I mean that literally and figuratively."
Betsy: "You mean literatively?"

"...and I mean that literatively"
Literatively by glassElement August 24, 2009

lituratively

Matricide will lituratively kill your mother. Figuratively in that it will break her heart, and literally in that, well, she'll be dead.
lituratively by Xykade February 5, 2017

figuratively speaking 

"Figuratively speaking" is a phrase used to clarify that the speaker is not speaking literally but rather using figurative language to make a point or convey a concept.

When someone says "figuratively speaking," they are typically emphasizing that the statement should not be taken literally but rather as a figure of speech or an exaggeration for effect.
Figuratively speaking, I was in a prison I couldn’t escape.
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