1 Ä¢irts AnkipÄns (born 1975), a Latvian ice hockey player. 2  Ä¢irts Dzelde (born 1963), a Latvian professional tennis player.  Ä¢irts Karlsons (born 1981), a Latvian football striker.
Figuratively means metaphorically, and literally describes something that actually happened. If you say that a guitar solo literally blew your head off, your head should not be attached to your body. But they're also going to create literally a tidal wave of data.
Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness. Metaphor and simile are the two most commonly used figures of speech, but hyperbole, synecdoche, and personification are also figures of speech: