Symbolically
adverb
In a way that uses symbols to represent something else.
The white dove is often used symbolically in art to represent peace.
Often appears as...
- used symbolically
- represents symbolically
adverb
In a way that relates to a deeper or hidden meaning or significance.
The novel's ending, where the protagonist returns home, can be interpret symbolically as a return to one's true self.
Often appears as...
- interpret symbolically
- symbolically refers to
Usage tips
Literary
adverb
In a way that involves actions that are intended to show particular thoughts and feelings.
She symbolically burned all her old letters to mark the end of a chapter in her life.
Often appears as...
- burned symbolically
- symbolically indicates
adverb
In a way that uses symbols to represent something else.
The white dove is often used symbolically in art to represent peace.
Often appears as...
- used symbolically
- represents symbolically
adverb
In a way that relates to a deeper or hidden meaning or significance.
The novel's ending, where the protagonist returns home, can be interpret symbolically as a return to one's true self.
Often appears as...
- interpret symbolically
- symbolically refers to
Usage tips
Literary
adverb
In a way that involves actions that are intended to show particular thoughts and feelings.
She symbolically burned all her old letters to mark the end of a chapter in her life.
Often appears as...
- burned symbolically
- symbolically indicates
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbols
Know the cultural significance of symbols to understand their symbolic meaning in context.
The olive branch is used symbolically for peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Visual symbols can convey complex ideas symbolically in a simple form.
A broken mirror might symbolically suggest bad luck or shattered dreams.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Representation
A symbol can represent abstract ideas symbolically, not just physical objects.
A long road might be used symbolically to represent life's journey.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbols
Know the cultural significance of symbols to understand their symbolic meaning in context.
The olive branch is used symbolically for peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Visual symbols can convey complex ideas symbolically in a simple form.
A broken mirror might symbolically suggest bad luck or shattered dreams.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Representation
A symbol can represent abstract ideas symbolically, not just physical objects.
A long road might be used symbolically to represent life's journey.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Symbols
Know the cultural significance of symbols to understand their symbolic meaning in context.
The olive branch is used symbolically for peace in many cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Visual symbols can convey complex ideas symbolically in a simple form.
A broken mirror might symbolically suggest bad luck or shattered dreams.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Representation
A symbol can represent abstract ideas symbolically, not just physical objects.
A long road might be used symbolically to represent life's journey.
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A scientific approach to...
because he physically rose or he didn't. I'm not going to get into whether he rose or he didn't, but I would say that's an outer-truth claim. It happened or it didn't happen. But if you say, "I don't care whether he rose from the dead. It's symbolically important to me,
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Resilient people,...
economy already today at 0.8 degrees warming so far we see a freak hurricane veering right in over New York probably pushed down because of the collapse of the Arctic Jetstream pushing down cold air flooding Manhattan to tremendous cost symbolically putting the New York
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She Summited Each...
there were all kinds of celebration being planned, and I thought of a campaign to go climb the highest mountain of every continent in the world, because I thought symbolically it was taking Bangladesh to all corners of the globe. And also personally, just knowing that
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A day in the life of an...
the patron god of Sippar. The temple is a stepped pyramid called a ziggurat, in the heart of the city and visible from twenty miles away. It symbolically connects heaven and earth and is viewed as the literal home of the god Shamash, who gave humanity the code of laws
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Jackie Tabick: The...
What's matzah? What's unleavened bread? You don't get it. Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our hot air -- our pride, our feeling that we are the most important people in the whole entire world,
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
They are symbolically fed and cared for, and the family at this time will begin a number of ritual injunctions, which communicates to the wider community around them that one of their members is undergoing the transition from this life into the afterlife
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The rise and fall of the...
The siege of Baghdad laid bare a longstanding for centuries, the caliphs had ruled mostly symbolically. Local leaders throughout the empire had grown more powerful, and they refused to pay taxes, spending the money on their own courts instead.
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How do you build a...
And the way it lights up; it has that translucent quality. So here you see the structure. It lets the light through. And looking down, the nine wings are bound, structurally but symbolically strong,
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Gen X Reacts to AIDS PIPE...
moment it influenced every relationship sex equals death I mean every English major knows that right I mean symbolically but this time it was the truth
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Pearl Harbor Hero...
I feel symbolically its closure for my great grandparents and my great aunt they didn't have closure they just continued their life with this great
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A scientific approach to...
because he physically rose or he didn't. I'm not going to get into whether he rose or he didn't, but I would say that's an outer-truth claim. It happened or it didn't happen. But if you say, "I don't care whether he rose from the dead. It's symbolically important to me,
Video examples
Resilient people,...
economy already today at 0.8 degrees warming so far we see a freak hurricane veering right in over New York probably pushed down because of the collapse of the Arctic Jetstream pushing down cold air flooding Manhattan to tremendous cost symbolically putting the New York
Video examples
She Summited Each...
there were all kinds of celebration being planned, and I thought of a campaign to go climb the highest mountain of every continent in the world, because I thought symbolically it was taking Bangladesh to all corners of the globe. And also personally, just knowing that
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
the patron god of Sippar. The temple is a stepped pyramid called a ziggurat, in the heart of the city and visible from twenty miles away. It symbolically connects heaven and earth and is viewed as the literal home of the god Shamash, who gave humanity the code of laws
Video examples
Jackie Tabick: The...
What's matzah? What's unleavened bread? You don't get it. Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our hot air -- our pride, our feeling that we are the most important people in the whole entire world,
Video examples
Kelli Swazey: Life that...
They are symbolically fed and cared for, and the family at this time will begin a number of ritual injunctions, which communicates to the wider community around them that one of their members is undergoing the transition from this life into the afterlife
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
The siege of Baghdad laid bare a longstanding for centuries, the caliphs had ruled mostly symbolically. Local leaders throughout the empire had grown more powerful, and they refused to pay taxes, spending the money on their own courts instead.
Video examples
How do you build a...
And the way it lights up; it has that translucent quality. So here you see the structure. It lets the light through. And looking down, the nine wings are bound, structurally but symbolically strong,
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Gen X Reacts to AIDS PIPE...
moment it influenced every relationship sex equals death I mean every English major knows that right I mean symbolically but this time it was the truth
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Pearl Harbor Hero...
I feel symbolically its closure for my great grandparents and my great aunt they didn't have closure they just continued their life with this great
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Vladimir Bukovsky
Russian Activist
Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide.
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Jeffrey Toobin
American Lawyer
Beyond diversity, the story of Obama's influence on the courts is more complex. Indeed, it could serve as a metaphor for his Presidency: symbolically rich but substantively hazy. Obama took office after years of intense conservative focus on the courts.
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Don King
American Celebrity
Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I disagree with any policy that would turn America's back on people who are fleeing harm. I frankly believe that it is contrary to everything that we have symbolically and actually said we stand for.
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Kay Redfield Jamison
American Psychologist
You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and hid in the bush as the time of initiation approached.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Chemically speaking or biologically, we research things, but we don't know half of them. We only know our half of it - symbolically - and we don't know ourselves more than half.
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Billy Corgan
American Musician
My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.
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Paul Tillich
German Theologian
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
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David Oshinsky
American Historian
The Left is deeply invested in Obama's presidency; they believe he's too important, symbolically, to fail.
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Vladimir Bukovsky
Russian Activist
Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide.
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Jeffrey Toobin
American Lawyer
Beyond diversity, the story of Obama's influence on the courts is more complex. Indeed, it could serve as a metaphor for his Presidency: symbolically rich but substantively hazy. Obama took office after years of intense conservative focus on the courts.
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Don King
American Celebrity
Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I disagree with any policy that would turn America's back on people who are fleeing harm. I frankly believe that it is contrary to everything that we have symbolically and actually said we stand for.
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Kay Redfield Jamison
American Psychologist
You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and hid in the bush as the time of initiation approached.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Chemically speaking or biologically, we research things, but we don't know half of them. We only know our half of it - symbolically - and we don't know ourselves more than half.
Quote examples
Billy Corgan
American Musician
My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.
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Paul Tillich
German Theologian
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
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David Oshinsky
American Historian
The Left is deeply invested in Obama's presidency; they believe he's too important, symbolically, to fail.
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