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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYMBOL'ICALLY, adv. By representation or resemblance of properties; by signs; typically. Courage is symbolically represented by a lion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a symbolic manner; "symbolically accepted goals"
2: by means of symbols; "symbolically expressed"

Merriam Webster's

adverb see symbolic

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Symbolic Sym*bol"ic, Symbolical Sym*bol"ic*al, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see symbolic