symbolically

[sim-bahl-ik-lee]

adverb

1. in a symbolic way.

2. in a way that uses written or printed symbols.

Example Sentences

He is, symbolically and ideologically, the country’s first White president, and his understanding of what it means to be an American is very different from his predecessors.

From Salon

Gbagbo's candidacy is not only politically significant but symbolically powerful in a country where women remain largely underrepresented in national leadership.

From BBC

He recalls "coup-mongering" protesters invading three branches of government and committing "barbaric acts" in the Supreme Court, "symbolically attacking an institution fundamental to Brazilian democracy".

From BBC

It’s particularly annoying that the end credits insist that the shape of a triangle is, for whatever reason, symbolically significant.

From Los Angeles Times

The question now is whether he, as one of the country’s elder statesmen, will boldly stand up in defense of democracy, or let himself be symbolically pilloried — or worse.

From Salon