alphabetic

[ al-fuh-bet-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

relating to, expressed by, or using an alphabet:
The language uses alphabetic writing.
alphabetical ( def 1 ).

First recorded in 1640–50; from French alphabétique, from Late Latin alphabēticus, equivalent to alphabet ( def ) + -ic ( def )

He taught the people how to form and use alphabetic signs and instructed them in mathematics: he gave them their code of laws.

Where obvious, typos have been corrected in the text and marked with an alphabetic footnote.

Professor Sayce supported him, strongly inclining toward an alphabetic or linguistic, perhaps ideographic, signification.

We can use her materials for sense training and lead as she does to easy mastery of the alphabetic symbols.

The privilege of modifying alphabetic form is one that has been frequently exercised.

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