lexicographical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- lexicographically adverb
Example Sentences
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The author burrowed into lexicographical lore, adjusting to the “musky” smell of old paper, but was alive to the need to register the zeitgeist.
But by Saturday evening, his emotional and lexicographical reserves were growing thin.
From Salon
In online lexicographical history, the truth is out there.
From The Guardian
As the child of refugees, coming late to English, Roget has no interest in obsolete terms and is strikingly hospitable to foreign borrowings, sometimes a matter of contention in lexicographical circles.
From The Guardian
There is no lexicographical version of Gresham’s Law in which the bad meaning of a word always drives out the good one.
From Literature
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