| figuratively |
| 1. adv. (manner) In a figurative manner. | |
| 2. adv. (speech act) Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally. | |
| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| illusion |
| 1. n. Anything that seems to be something that it is not. | |
| We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches. | |
| Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food. | |
| 2. n. A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. | |
| Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her. | |
| 3. n. A magician’s trick. | |
| 4. n. The state of being deceived or misled. | |
