hierarchical
adjective
of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
hierarchic
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a variation of
hierarchical.
Example Sentences
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What these two lengthy descriptions illustrate is a fundamental transformation in the vertical structure, a reversal of the hierarchic order.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2014
By contrast, nothing could be more courtly than the boneless sinuosity of Barbara's figure, the vapid sweetness of her untroubled expression or the richly brocaded gowns and hierarchic formality of the aristocratic spectators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Discount the fact that Sale does not mention evidence of the Tainos' hierarchic social structure, which included, at the bottom level, slaves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Except for the glint of halos, the figures in this youthful Madonna, despite their hierarchic gestures, are close kin to flesh and blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hierarchic and chivalrous spirit of Continental Europe, which under the Normans had seized on England, was much strengthened by the accession of the Plantagenets.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
