symbolically

English

Etymology

symbolical +‎ -ly or symbolic +‎ -ally

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɨ/, American:/ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɨ/

Adverb

symbolically (comparative more symbolically, superlative most symbolically)

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”, World Affairs, page 37: 

     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

Translations

in a symbolic manner

• Afrikaans: simbolies (af)
• Catalan: simbòlicament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象征 (cmn) (xiàngzhēng)

• Danish: symbolsk (da)
• Dutch: symbolisch (nl)
• Finnish: symbolisesti (fi)
• French: symboliquement (fr)
• German: symbolisch (de)
• Icelandic: táknrænt (is)
• Italian: simbolicamente (it)
• Korean: 상징 (ko) (sangjing)

• Latin: symbolice (la), sumbolice (la)
• Lithuanian: simboliškai (lt)
• Malay: simbolik (ms)
• Polish: symbolicznie (pl)
• Portuguese: simbolicamente (pt)
• Romanian: simbolic (ro)
• Russian: символически (ru) (simvolicheski)
• Spanish: simbólicamente (es)
• Swahili: mfano (sw)
• Turkish: sembolik (tr)
• Vietnamese: tượng trưng (vi)
• Welsh: symbolaidd (cy)