composition
noun
the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.
compositionally
-
a word derived from
composition.
Example Sentences
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I exposed for the highlights and let the shadows of the stadium create a compositionally pleasing frame as he delivered a pitch.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
And they also showed that sperm whale codas are indeed combinatorial, similar to the compositionally shown by bonobos and chimps.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
It’s one of his few outbursts, compositionally, after the Revolution, written in exile.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
To take up her own suggested comparison, next to Red, Lover is more emotionally advanced and compositionally sophisticated, but is it that album’s artistic superior, or even equal?
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2019
The fissures feel precisely placed, compositionally just right—which can’t have been easy to achieve.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 28, 2019
