ETYM Cf. French emblématique.
1. Being or serving as an illustration of a type; SYN. exemplary, typic.
2. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; SYN. emblematical, symbolic, symbolical.
ETYM Latin figurativus: cf. French figuratif. Related to Figurative.
(Used of the meanings of words or text) Not literal; using figures of speech; SYN. nonliteral.
ETYM Latin symbolicus, Greek symbolikos: cf. French symbolique.
1. Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; SYN. symbolical.
2. Using symbolism.
Symbolic.
Symbolically, in the manner of serving as an emblem
1. By means of symbols.
2. In a symbolic manner.