definitionally

American  

[def-uhn-i-shuhn-uh-lee] / ˌdɛf ənˈɪ ʃən ə li /

adverb

1. by definition.

2. as a definition.

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Example Sentences

“I think, definitionally, it’s a dynasty,” said Friedman, the architect of this run with the help of Walter’s deep-pocketed Guggenheim ownership group.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

There certainly may be legitimate reasons to delete a BeReal, but in general, the purpose of the app is to showcase people’s imperfect lives — and that definitionally involves leaving some imperfect posts up.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

In March and April 2020, when simply visiting the supermarket felt like indulging a death wish, an indoor hatchet-throwing facility seemed definitionally inessential.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2021

Stephanie Kelton, a senior economic adviser to Bernie Sanders and a professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University, is popular in a way that economists, almost definitionally, are not.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2019

Relations of ideas deal with matters that are definitionally or necessarily true, such as 2 + 2 = 4 or all bachelors are unmarried.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton