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🌟 Highly symbolic 🕯️ Like religious icons 🖼️ Visually resembles
iconically

iconically

7.5
In the style of old religious pictures with gold backgrounds and halos
  • adverb
  • /aɪˈkɒnɪkli/
  • Formal
translation icon : icónicamente
  • The saint was depicted iconically, with a solemn expression and a radiant halo.

Examples

  • The artist painted the figure iconically, using gold backgrounds and stylized features.

  • In the museum, several portraits are displayed iconically to evoke a sense of reverence.

  • The painting is iconically styled after the Renaissance masters.

  • She dressed iconically for the gala event.

  • The saint was depicted iconically, with a solemn expression and a radiant halo.

  • In the museum, several portraits are displayed iconically to evoke a sense of reverence.

  • The artist painted the figure iconically, using gold backgrounds and stylized features.

Synonyms

iconographically
vsiconically
9.9

Using pictures or symbols to show meaning

describes a formal stylized look like religious images
emblematically
vsiconically
7.2

Shows something as a sign of an idea or quality

focuses on a specific religious stylized appearance rather than general symbolism

Surface Forms

iconically positive

Morphology

iconically = iconic (transparent) = icon + ic + ally

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'iconic' (icon + -ic) to 'iconically'; the manner meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Iconically comes from icon, from the old Greek word eikon meaning 'image'. In churches an icon is a religious picture with a fixed, formal look, so showing something iconically here means presenting it in that stylized, serious way.