symbolically en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɪ/
- /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/ (US)
Etymology
From symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally.
Meanings
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In a symbolic manner.
Haha, memes are funny! Until they totally become racist. Pepe the Frog lived a very normal meme life right up until online trolls turned him into a green thing of hate in 2016. It got so bad his creator symbolically killed him off in 2017.
2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
- By means of symbols or a symbol.
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As symbols or a symbol.
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.
2003 Summer, Kristin Henrard, “Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformation and Reconciliation”, in World Affairs, volume 166, number 1, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more symbolically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most symbolically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
symbolic · symbolical · symbol
Translations (29)
af simbolies (in a symbolic manner) · tr sembolik (in a symbolic manner) · fi symbolisesti (in a symbolic manner) · cmn 象征 (in a symbolic manner) · ro simbolic (in a symbolic manner) · sw mfano (in a symbolic manner) · cs symbolicky (in a symbolic manner) · fr symboliquement (in a symbolic manner) · es simbólicamente (in a symbolic manner) · pt simbolicamente (in a symbolic manner) · pl symbolicznie (in a symbolic manner) · ko 상징 (in a symbolic manner) · hu jelképesen (in a symbolic manner) · ca simbòlicament (in a symbolic manner) · uk символі́чно (in a symbolic manner) · ms simbolik (in a symbolic manner) · hu szimbolikusan (in a symbolic manner) · lt simboliškai (in a symbolic manner) · vi tượng trưng (in a symbolic manner) · cy symbolaidd (in a symbolic manner) · is táknrænt (in a symbolic manner) · ru символически (in a symbolic manner) · da symbolsk (in a symbolic manner) · la sumbolice (in a symbolic manner) · it simbolicamente (in a symbolic manner) · gl simbolicamente (in a symbolic manner) · nl symbolisch (in a symbolic manner) · la symbolice (in a symbolic manner) · de symbolisch (in a symbolic manner)