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EMBLEMATICALLY

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em⋅blem⋅at⋅ic

  [em-bluh-mat-ik]
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–adjective
pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.
Also, em⋅blem⋅at⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1635–45; < Gk emblēmat-, s. of émblēma (see emblem ) + -ic

Related forms:
em⋅blem⋅at⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
em⋅blem⋅at⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun
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em·blem·at·ic   (ěm'blə-māt'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.

[French emblématique, from Medieval Latin emblēmaticus, of an emblem, from Latin emblēma, emblēmat-, emblem; see emblem.]
em'blem·at'i·cal·ly adv.
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