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Symbolically

//ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɪ// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    By means of symbols or a symbol.
  3. 3
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a symbolic manner wordnet
  2. 2
    by means of symbols wordnet

Etymology

From symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally.

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