Definition of Symbolically

1. Adverb. In a symbolic manner. "Symbolically accepted goals"

Partainyms: Symbolic

2. Adverb. By means of symbols. "Symbolically expressed"
Partainyms: Symbolic

Definition of Symbolically

1. Adverb. In a symbolic manner. ¹

2. Adverb. By means of symbols or a symbol. ¹

3. Adverb. As symbols or a symbol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Symbolically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Symbolically

symbol
symbol-worship
symbolatry
symbole
symboled
symboles
symbolic
symbolic expression
symbolic expressions
symbolic link
symbolic links
symbolic logic
symbolic representation
symbolic speech
symbolical
symbolically (current term)
symbolicalness
symbolicism
symbolicisms
symbolics
symboling
symbolisable
symbolisation
symbolise
symbolised
symboliser
symbolises
symbolising
symbolism
symbolisms

Literary usage of Symbolically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In an extended procession the archpriest, hie vicar, the canons, the beneficiaries, the chaplains, and the entire clergy approach in order, and symbolically ..."

2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... that was the governor of the whole world, — did symbolically represent ... of all is symbolically represented by a serpent having the head of a hawk. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"There were also some hieroglyphs' used symbolically ; eg, a hand to denote a •workman, the two valves of a shell-fish to denote friends. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In an extended procession the archpriest, hie vicar, the canons, the beneficiaries, the chaplains, and the entire clergy approach in order, and symbolically ..."

5. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... that was the governor of the whole world, — did symbolically represent ... of all is symbolically represented by a serpent having the head of a hawk. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"There were also some hieroglyphs' used symbolically ; eg, a hand to denote a •workman, the two valves of a shell-fish to denote friends. ..."

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