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

As a general rule — there are exceptions — all software we buy is a good deal, almost definitionally, because it should be replacing some part of someone’s job that could be replaced.

From The Verge • May 26, 2020

But through their fandom of a cultural product definitionally designed for children, some of YA’s adult fans have come to see themselves as moral allies of the marginalized category of teen girls.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2019

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