allegorically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
But don’t most of us, nonbelievers and believers alike, often substitute one thing for another—which is to say, read the world allegorically?
From The New Yorker • 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
Prior to Constantine, Christianity was persecuted and the figure of Christ was presented allegorically, often in the form of a fish.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2014
Calmon and the statues, allegorically useful, are in like manner independent of the main dramatic action.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
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