Sentence examples for rather than literally from inspiring English sources

Instead of choosing a favorite, Mr. Tschumi suggested that ideas be extracted rather than literally adopted.

What you have to think of is pictures and tableaus rather than literally showing sylphs, demons, angels and all that.

They served less as tools of construction than as tools for creating proportional plans, shaping relations between points rather than literally outlining space.

Approaches to the Koran that are now branded as heretical -- interpreting the text metaphorically rather than literally -- were widely practiced in mainstream Islam a thousand years ago.

In the final shot, Nessa is back in her Gaza cell, figuratively rather than literally, gazing up at the small high window, hoping for sunlight.

But in his staging of Image of an Unknown Young Woman, torture and abuse will be shown metaphorically rather than literally.

"We try to pick up on big trends rather than what literally happened yesterday.

In general, I'd expect the biggest gains in all-round performance to come from having an SSD and more memory rather than a (literally) hotter processor.

"What we were trying to do was a piece that had a fresher look, a modern look rather than to literally recreate the Shrine".

The name blue moon is in fact somewhat of a misnomer as, rather than being literally tinted with the colour, the phenomenon is an additional full moon that appears on top of the monthly regular.

"Rather than litigate literally thousands of complex individual claims over many years, the parties have reached an agreement that, if approved, will provide relief and support where it is needed at a time when it is most needed," Layn Phillips, the mediator, said in a statement.