Usually means: Anticipating or suggesting something beforehand.
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  1. prefiguratively: Collins English Dictionary
  2. prefiguratively: Wiktionary
  3. prefiguratively: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (prefiguratively)

▸ adverb:  In a prefigurative manner.

Similar:
prophetically, figuratively, figurately, figurally, prepositionally, allegorically, presciently, precatively, symbolically, presupposingly, more...

Opposite:
retrospectively, post facto, after fact

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Similar:
prophetically, figuratively, figurately, figurally, prepositionally, allegorically, presciently, precatively, symbolically, presupposingly, more...

Opposite:
retrospectively, post facto, after fact



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