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figuratively /'figərətivli/

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adverb

in a figurative way :with a meaning that is different from the basic or literal meaning and that expresses an idea by using language that usually describes something else

He's a sailor who knows his ropes, literally and figuratively.

In the phrase know your ropes, the word ropes is being used figuratively.