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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
     symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]
     Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a
     symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
     representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight
     and knowledge. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. --
     Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
           such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by
        delivering something else as a symbol, token, or
        representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.
  
     Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by
        hieroglyphics.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
     symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]
     Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a
     symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
     representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight
     and knowledge. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. --
     Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n.
  
           The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
           such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
  
     Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by
        delivering something else as a symbol, token, or
        representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.
  
     Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by
        hieroglyphics.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  symbolical
       adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
              "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
              thinking" [syn: symbolic]
       2: 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" [syn:
          emblematic, emblematical, symbolic]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  symbolical
     a.
     (synonym of en symbolic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  symbolical
     a.
     (synonym of en symbolic)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  symbolical
     a.
     (synonym of en symbolic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  symbolical
     a.
     (synonym of en symbolic)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  symbolical
     Englanti a.
     symbolinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/
  رمزي

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/ 
  obrazný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/ 
  symbolický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/
  sinnbildlich 
     Synonym: symbolic
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/
  symbolisch 
     Synonym: symbolic
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/
  simbolički

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  symbolical /sɪmbˈɒlɪkəl/
  1. jelképes
  2. képletes
  3. szimbolikus

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  symbolic, symbolical /sɪmˈbɒlɪk(əl)/ 
    symboliczny

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "symbolical":
     allegoric, allegorical, anagogic, associational, connotational,
     connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational,
     denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential,
     exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative,
     full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, glossematic,
     iconic, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative,
     indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible,
     intensional, interpretable, lexemic, lexical, meaning, meaningful,
     meaty, metaphorical, morphemic, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar,
     phrasal, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential,
     representative, semantic, semantological, semasiological, sememic,
     semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative,
     signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic,
     symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, typical,
     verbal
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 代号a. 象征的,符号的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 象征的;记号的

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