symbolically

English

Etymology

From symbolical +‎ -ly or symbolic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/

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”, in World Affairs, volume 166, number 1, 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
• Catalan: simbòlicament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象征 (zh) (xiàngzhēng)

• Czech: symbolicky
• Danish: symbolsk
• Dutch: symbolisch (nl)
• Finnish: symbolisesti (fi)
• French: symboliquement (fr)
• Galician: simbolicamente
• German: symbolisch (de)
• Hungarian: jelképesen (hu), szimbolikusan
• Icelandic: táknrænt
• Italian: simbolicamente (it)
• Korean: 상징 (ko) (sangjing)
• Latin: symbolice, sumbolice
• Lithuanian: simboliškai
• Malay: simbolik
• Polish: symbolicznie (pl)
• Portuguese: simbolicamente
• Romanian: simbolic (ro)
• Russian: символически (ru) (simvoličeski)
• Spanish: simbólicamente (es)
• Swahili: mfano (sw)
• Turkish: sembolik (tr)
• Ukrainian: символі́чно (symvolíčno)
• Vietnamese: tượng trưng (vi)
• Welsh: symbolaidd (cy)