diacritical

[dahy-uh-krit-i-kuh l]

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adjective

serving to distinguish; distinctive.

capable of distinguishing.

Phonetics. serving as a diacritic.

Origin of diacritical

First recorded in 1740–50; diacritic + -al¹

Related formsdi·a·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for diacritical

discriminating, marking

Examples from the Web for diacritical

Historical Examples of diacritical

Diacritical marks have been avoided, with the exception of the macron.
The Little Clay Cart
(Attributed To) King Shudraka
Punctuation, diacritical and formatting markup have been normalized.
Little Jeanne of France
Madeline Brandeis
The following table gives the diacritical marks for the vowels.
Plain English
Marian Wharton
Some apparent errors in the use of diacritical marks have been amended.
Japanese Swords
Anonymous
He also systematized and extended the use of diacritical points.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1
Various

British Dictionary definitions for diacritical

diacritical

adjective

of or relating to a diacritic

showing up a distinction

Derived Formsdiacritically, adverb

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