Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HI-E-RO-GLYPH'IC-AL-LY
HI-E-RO-GLYPH'IC, or HI-E-RO-GLYPH'I-CALHI-E-RO-GLYPH'IST
HI-E-RO-GLYPH'IC-AL-LY, adv.
Emblematically; by characters or pictures expressive of facts or moral qualities. The Mexicans wrote history hieroglyphically.
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