figuratively

The door to his office is always open, figuratively speaking.

And I could see her kind of figuratively pick herself up off the floor.

So when the call came through, I'd be able to join the party, figuratively at least.

To end my life, figuratively speaking, as I knew it.

But still she pushed him back, figuratively, with her hands.

Figuratively speaking, who would not give their right arm to find such a love?

They come back to me every time I see someone figuratively slam a door in another's face.

Also, figuratively, Nora has been a light in his life.

Figuratively it means the place within the mind where one goes in order to work on spiritual development.

Well, I was speaking figuratively, really, but there's a local in the next street.

Literally now, as it had been figuratively for days on end.

He went into it with his eyes open, literally and figuratively.

Would she mind if he figuratively pulled the plug on her?

Moved away from the old neighborhood both literally and figuratively.

People need things to count on, to believe in, to go home to, figuratively speaking.

She must have set the cup down and gone right on in, figuratively shutting him out.

My wife speaks figuratively, he said, in the tradition of her people.

He was breaking down the walls and figuratively had the power of the world in his hands.

However, it is not known whether they are speaking figuratively or literally.

However, the expression is never used figuratively in the book, only literally.

That food was all over the map, literally and figuratively.

That my mother would have killed me, figuratively, for being so rude was one thing.

She was not at home, literally or, to him, figuratively.

Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words.

Come to think of it, figuratively, I may have sold my soul.