In a manner that uses analogy or comparison; by drawing parallels between different things to understand or explain something.
From 'analogical' + English adverbial suffix '-ly'. This adverb emerged as analogical reasoning became formalized in philosophical and scientific discourse.
When you explain that memory works 'analogically' like a computer's hard drive, you're using analogically-based language, which is why analogical explanations are so memorable—they create bridges between the known and unknown!
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