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 refers to language not used literallyâit is used abstractly, indirectly, and often evocatively. The evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table. Here we have an evening (a thing), spreading (an action), a patient (thing), etherizing (an action), and a table (thing).