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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
symbolicus, Gr symboliko`s: cf F. symbolique.]
Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a
symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
representative; as the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight
and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv --
{Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
Taylor.
{Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by
delivering something else as a symbol, token, or
representative of it --Bouvier. Chitty.
{Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by
hieroglyphics.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
symbolically
adv 1: in a symbolic manner; "symbolically accepted goals"
2: by means of symbols; "symbolically expressed"
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