adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an emblematical manner; after the manner of, for the purpose of, or by means of an emblem.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 10. There are some [Baboons] which abhorre fishes,… which kind, the Egiptians Emblematically vse to paint.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 118. The destruction of the city, and the relief given to the sufferers by Charles II. and his brother, is emblematically represented in bass relief.
1886. Manch. Exam., 16 Feb., 5/3. Whether this work of art was intended to be taken literally or emblematically.
