figurately
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figurately
adverb more figurately · most figurately
- Figuratively, in a figurative manner. It is as when we seek for the signification of any particular word in a language; we may find that it bears many different meanings, and some which seem to be contradictory to each other; yet upon further search we may perhaps discover that there is a common idea, which is the source of them all, an
- In a figurate manner; using or forming a figure. As was observed before in Figuration of Surds; so here it may be remembred that any Species simply Irrational, multiplied figurately, produceth a Rational: But Compound Irrational Species may be squared, cubed, etc. by multiplying them figurately as other Figural Numbers are multiplied; but the Unci
Talk about this word "figurately." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/figurately. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. figurately. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/figurately "figurately." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/figurately.
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@misc{figurately_2026,
title = {figurately},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/figurately},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
