allegorically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Instead, they often use robots or AI allegorically, assigning them victim or villain roles in order to comment on the state of humanity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
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
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
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
He talks, as a rule, in metaphor, or allegorically, but his meaning is perfectly plain to the person he addresses.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
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