analogical
adjective
based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
analogically
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a word derived from
analogical.
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a word derived from
analogy.
analogynouna similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
Example Sentences
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But the two are related, if only analogically.
From Slate ● May 3, 2016
All names of this class require two capitals: except a few which are joined together; as Northampton, which is sometimes more analogically written North Hampton.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
An intermediate case is that of a name used analogically or metaphorically, that is, in two senses, one its primary, the other its secondary sense.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by W. (William) Stebbing
For where do we know that causes arise without their corresponding effects; at least we must here, on so abstract a subject, reason analogically.
From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald
