The Collaborative International Dictionary
Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.]
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Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.
--Macaulay. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. [1913 Webster] -- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a symptomatic manner; diagnostically. 2 Directed at symptoms, rather than cause. 3 Based upon symptoms, rather than causative agent.
WordNet
adv. by symptoms
Usage examples of "symptomatically".
Perhaps symptomatically important is the story now widely circulated, that the real reason why the higher-ups have stuck out against adopting dive-bombers is that these are cheap to manufacture and don't represent much profit.