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symbolically, adv.|sɪmˈbɒlɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a symbolical way.
1. In the manner of a symbol or emblem; by means of a symbol or symbols; emblematically.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1307 Neither describeth he them symbolically.., but in proper and plaine termes. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 484 The lyon when he sleepeth hath his eies open,..and therefore the ancients did simbolically picture a lyon vpon the doors of their temples. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep i. ix. 36 Others symbolically intended are literally received. a1677Manton Exp. Lord's Pr. Matt. vi. 9 Wks. 1870 I. 58 In the temple..God was present symbolically, because there were the signs and tokens of his presence. 1681Stair Inst. Law Scot. xii. §15. 197 Possession is attained Symbolically, where there is not use of the whole or a part, but only of a Symbol or Token. 1744Berkeley Siris §269 The Egyptians did symbolically represent the supreme Divinity sitting on a lotus. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 54 The heaven those vain builders sought to reach, signifies symbolically the mind. 1899W. R. Inge Chr. Mysticism vii. 252 Light and darkness are..only symbolically connected with life and death.
2. By, or in relation to, written symbols or significant characters; spec. in Math. (see symbolic 2 b).
1846Sir W. R. Hamilton in Camb. & Dubl. Math. Jrnl. I. 48 We shall interpret an equation such as DC = BA..as denoting that the two lines, of which the symbols are equated, have equal lengths and similar directions;..if we call such lines symbolically equal, it will be allowed [etc.]. 1851Rankine Misc. Sci. Papers (1881) 50 To illustrate this symbolically, let V represent the volume occupied by unity of weight of the substance, [etc.]. 1876Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 24 The binoxide of manganese is reduced to a lower oxide... What actually takes place may be symbolically represented as follows.
So symˈbolicalness, the quality of being symbolical.
1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacraments i. 66 The Sacramentalnesse and Symbolicalnesse of the things of God. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1847) 93 Nor is it without a prophetic symbolicalness that the sea fills so important a part in both the Homeric poems. |