symbolically
adverb
uk/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪ.kəl.i/us/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪ.kəl.i/in a way thatrepresentssomethingelse:
It isimportantsymbolically for thismuseumto be in therightlocation.
Economically, it's not abigdeal, but symbolically, it'senormous.
See
symbolic
- Thepaperdollarmeansa lot topeoplesymbolically.
- Symbolically, this is the mostimportantstatementshe has made.
- Herchoiceofbookwas symbolicallysignificant.
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- petty
- piddling
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- subordinate
- valueless