adv
Meaning 1
In a symbolic manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
symbolically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌsɪmˈbɒlɪklɪ/
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US: /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/
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CMU ARPABET: S IH0 M B AA1 L IH0 K AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S IH0 M B AA1 L IH0 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
By means of symbols or a symbol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 3
As symbols or a symbol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 4
in a symbolic manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- symbolically accepted goals
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Synonyms: none provided
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adverb
Meaning 5
by means of symbols
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- symbolically expressed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: simbolies — in a symbolic manner
- Catalan: simbòlicament — in a symbolic manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 象征 (xiàngzhēng) — in a symbolic manner
- Czech: symbolicky — in a symbolic manner
- Danish: symbolsk — in a symbolic manner
- Dutch: symbolisch — in a symbolic manner
- Finnish: symbolisesti — in a symbolic manner
- French: symboliquement — in a symbolic manner
- Galician: simbolicamente — in a symbolic manner
- German: symbolisch — in a symbolic manner
- Hungarian: jelképesen — in a symbolic manner
- Hungarian: szimbolikusan — in a symbolic manner
- Icelandic: táknrænt — in a symbolic manner
- Italian: simbolicamente — in a symbolic manner
- Korean: 상징 (sangjing) — in a symbolic manner
- Latin: symbolice — in a symbolic manner
- Latin: sumbolice — in a symbolic manner
- Lithuanian: simboliškai — in a symbolic manner
- Malay: simbolik — in a symbolic manner
- Polish: symbolicznie — in a symbolic manner
- Portuguese: simbolicamente — in a symbolic manner
- Romanian: simbolic — in a symbolic manner
- Russian: символически (simvoličeski) — in a symbolic manner
- Spanish: simbólicamente — in a symbolic manner
- Swahili: mfano — in a symbolic manner
- Turkish: sembolik — in a symbolic manner
- Ukrainian: символі́чно (symvolíčno) — in a symbolic manner
- Vietnamese: tượng trưng — in a symbolic manner
- Welsh: symbolaidd — in a symbolic manner
Real reading context