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symbolical

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sym·bol·ic  (sm-blk) also sym·bol·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or expressed by means of symbols or a symbol.
2. Serving as a symbol.
3. Using symbolism: symbolic art.
sym·boli·cal·ly adv.
sym·boli·cal·ness n.
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Adj.1.symbolical - relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
symbolic
2.symbolical - serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"
emblematic, emblematical, symbolic
representative - standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"


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