emblem
noun
an object or its representation, symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol.
emblematically
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a word derived from
emblem.
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a word derived from
emblematic.
Example Sentences
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For while Whitman was possibly the most emblematically American poet that America ever produced, he presented himself as a relatively modest creature of the immediate here and now.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2020
The production design is sharply and emblematically detailed, and Rodriguez highlights it with a welcome graphic clarity.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 13, 2019
He is accused of using state property for personal use and of deceiving lawmakers, in addition to the charge of “unnecessary and lavish spending,” most emblematically on a $32,000 office sofa.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2018
Quoting an 11th-century Chinese philosopher on its “radiant purity,” he wonders if early observers understood exactly how the lotus leaves could throw off the grime “and be seen, emblematically, as a kind of moral Teflon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2016
With the eleventh chapter terminates the abridged prospective history of the church and of the world, emblematically represented under the seals and trumpets.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
