symbolic
adjective
serving as a symbol of something (often followed byof ).
symbolical
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a variation of
symbolic.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want to do a symbolical gesture to bow down to the system so that I can have a home,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad meets German FM Heiko Maas during a symbolical start of the lectures "Women, Peace and Security" in Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2021.
From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2022
Yet, by bringing Alaska within range, the new test is an unambiguous game-changer in both symbolical and practical terms.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2017
In other words, the blot exists in the “realm of the symbolical or metaphorical”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2017
The mace is but a stick of office, being ornamental and merely symbolical.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
