symbolical

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 real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah