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liguratively

For those rare moments when your torn between using literally or figuratively.
You ate all the cheese! I'm so angry at you right now I liguratively want to strangle you.
by The Satanic Demons August 1, 2019
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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?
by Built2Spill November 17, 2004
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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."
by MastersRafeMasters July 21, 2022
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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!
by ElectroSophie March 28, 2009
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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"
by glassElement August 24, 2009
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lituratively

Matricide will lituratively kill your mother. Figuratively in that it will break her heart, and literally in that, well, she'll be dead.
by Xykade February 5, 2017
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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.
by StimHands June 6, 2024
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