symbolically

adverb

sym·​bol·​i·​cal·​ly -älə̇k(ə)lē 

-älēk-, 

-)li

: in a symbolic manner : allegorically, emblematically

the primitive was alleged not to think logically, but mystically and symbolically

—W. E. Moore

Word History

Etymology

symbolical + -ly

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Rhymes for symbolically

• metabolically