symbolical

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Many had been bracing for a severe Russian response to Saturday’s attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge, which analysts described as a significant blow to Moscow, if more symbolical than practical.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

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

Cneph, Thoth and Isis were conspicuous and chief among the gods and goddesses thus symbolized, though he is said to have entered more or less into the symbolical worship of all the gods.

From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous