allegorically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In Farid ud-Din Attar’s 12th-century poem, the birds travel through a succession of allegorically named valleys where they are confronted with human vices and stupidities.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
If the role of women in Game of Thrones was not entirely clear when it first premiered in 2012, neither were the future events that would make those fictional women so allegorically powerful.
From Slate • May 13, 2019
Coming at the problem head-on, in other words, can be less effective than tackling issues slyly and allegorically.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2017
This is well-trod territory on television, where many of the best shows, no matter how fanciful, are essentially workplace dramas exploring, allegorically, the problem of work-life balance.
From The New Yorker • May 19, 2016
Her love of the man in the king, and her discernment of her real husband under his transformation into the person of a decrepit beggar, are humanly and allegorically touching.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
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