Symbolically

Pronunciation

• /ËŒsɪmˈbÉ’lɪklɨ/, American:/ËŒsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɨ/

Origin

symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally

Full definition of symbolically

Adverb

1. In a symbolic manner.
2. By means of symbols or a symbol.
3. As symbols or a symbol.
• 2003, Summer, Kristin Henrard, Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformation and Reconciliation, In the end, the deadlock was resolved by a minor -- but for the National Party symbolically important -- addition to one of the other subsections of the language clause.

Related terms

• symbol
• symbolic
• symbolical