semantically

[ si-man-tik-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that relates to the different meanings of words or other signs or symbols:

   Humans have developed languages that are semantically rich and can cope easily with philosophical concepts.

2. in a way that deliberately takes advantage of the connotations or associations attached to certain words:

   He deals with this bombing campaign semantically by saying it is “not a war” since there are “no hostile troops on the ground.”

Other Words From

• non·se·man·ti·cal·ly adverb
• pseu·do·se·man·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of semantically¹

semantic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

Example Sentences

This kind of millennia-long semantic consistency also appears in other words.

From Nautilus

The semantic headings and page title will likely also help of course, but after all there is only so much one can do with those features to differentiate oneself from competitors.

From Search Engine Land

This is achieved with the help of natural language processing that relies on latent semantic indexing, co-occurring terms and synonyms.

From Search Engine Land

It is also expanding the use of natural language representation models to extend its question answering and semantic highlighting features globally.

From Search Engine Land

Other ranking factors, like user experience and semantic saturation, are taking their place.

From Search Engine Land

All the best catch phrases, the semantically-loaded promises, the advertising appropriations being used by his opponent.

From Project Gutenberg

The you-me routine simply bewildered them, as we'd be at a set of semantically lucid but self-contradictory statements.

From Project Gutenberg