linguistical
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of linguistical
First recorded in 1815–25; linguistic + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Others believe their colleagues are "deluded" and that Mr Sunak will only entertain minor linguistical tweaks.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023
The artists, who are based in San Francisco, see it as addressing what they consider an absence of language—“a linguistical void”—that accurately reflects the modern world.
From Economist • Jun. 19, 2018
But the numerous reports and other documents concerning the conquest enable us to form an idea of the ethnography and linguistical distribution of the Inp. 10dians of New Mexico in the sixteenth century.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
It would be a kind of intellectual and linguistical dexterity, which would give the author a singularity and supremacy above the world.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various
He was an adept in numerous modern languages, as French, Italian, Spanish, and German, and he extended his linguistical knowledge into the Swedish, Russian, and other northern tongues.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
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