orthographic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonorthographic adjective
- nonorthographical adjective
- nonorthographically adverb
- orthographically adverb
- unorthographical adjective
- unorthographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of orthographic
First recorded in 1660–70; orthograph(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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He tested ChatGPT and, although the result “was perfectly written, from a syntactic, orthographic point of view,” it lacked poetry.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
The AP announcement wasn’t as dramatic as tearing down a Confederate monument, but it was an influential turning point in an ongoing orthographic transformation.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2020
The orthographic debate the bill seeks to settle is older than the bridge itself.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Their ambitions of orthographic engineering are likely to be frustrated.
From Time • Feb. 17, 2016
It is because the languages of those countries are orthographic models that the people are so highly educated.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
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