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UK
/sɪmbˈɒlɪkli/
]
[ US /sɪmˈbɑɫɪkəɫi, sɪmˈbɑɫɪkɫi/ ]
[ US /sɪmˈbɑɫɪkəɫi, sɪmˈbɑɫɪkɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a symbolic manner
symbolically accepted goals -
by means of symbols
symbolically expressed
How To Use symbolically In A Sentence
- But this is not the only similarity between the individuation process symbolically pictured both in Dylan's opus and in the Bible, where the same deepest mythologem structured the whole book, especially the Book of Isaiah - culminating in the Servant Songs formed in 6th century B.C. - and was further extended in the Book of Revelation in the end of 1st century A.D. Expecting Rain
- Conversely the lighting of a candle may be symbolically significant if it denotes bringing of light, that is, relief from suffering or enlightenment.
- While his death is statistically insignificant, symbolically it is crucial. Times, Sunday Times
- A man and a woman in red ponchos bullwhipped the politician's effigy, then symbolically buried it. - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
- Symbolically, the sales and marketing departments are located in Ludwigsburg on the opposite side of Stuttgart from the production organization. Lean Thinking
- But the clashes between mutants of varying capabilities make for excellent fight scenes, the climactic one occurring, both photogenically and symbolically, atop the Statue of Liberty.
- In mathematics, Newton was the first to develop a full range of algorithms for symbolically determining what we now call integrals and derivatives, but he subsequently became fundamentally opposed to the idea, championed by Leibniz, of transforming mathematics into a discipline grounded in symbol manipulation. Isaac Newton
- By moving their capital to Delhi, then, the British symbolically sought to resolve centuries of dynastic struggle for control of the subcontinent.
- Accompanying these threats, the actions indicated were symbolically performed by the exorciser on effigies of the witches made, in this case, of bitumen covered with pitch. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
- His body sank sideways in the same direction, the head lolling nervelessly upon his right shoulder, whilst from the great rent in his breast the blood gushed forth, embruing the water of his bath, trickling to the brick-paved floor, bespattering -- symbolically almost -- a copy of L'Ami du Peuple, the journal to which he had devoted so much of his uneasy life. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series