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Definition of symbolically adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

symbolically

adverb

/sɪmˈbɒlɪkli/

/sɪmˈbɑːlɪkli/

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as a symbol; in a way that involves or uses symbols
- a symbolically significant gesture
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