What does symbolically mean?
Symbolically means In a symbolic manner..
Symbolically
/ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɪ/ · adverb
Meaning
In a symbolic manner..
Definitions by Sense
- In a symbolic manner.
- By means of symbols or a symbol.
- As symbols or a symbol.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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Word Forms
- more symbolically
- most symbolically
Usage Notes
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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.
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