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Metonymically

Metonymically meaning

In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.

Example sentences (2)

Plischke, p. 467. Since May 1947, it has occupied the Harry S. Truman Building in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington; the State Department is therefore sometimes metonymically referred to as "Foggy Bottom." citation Alex Carmine.

The yew was an important material in the making of bows, and the word ýr, "yew", is often used metonymically to refer to bows.