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definitionally

American  
[def-uhn-i-shuhn-uh-lee] / ˌdɛf ənˈɪ ʃən ə li /

adverb

  1. by definition.

  2. as a definition.


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By tacit agreement, everything Charles did or didn’t do was definitionally something someone with cooties would or wouldn’t do.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

“I think, definitionally, it’s a dynasty,” said Friedman, the architect of this run with the help of Walter’s deep-pocketed Guggenheim ownership group.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

There certainly may be legitimate reasons to delete a BeReal, but in general, the purpose of the app is to showcase people’s imperfect lives — and that definitionally involves leaving some imperfect posts up.

From The Verge Aug. 18, 2022

Excluding barnstorming teams and years prior to 1920 makes this accounting definitionally incomplete.

From Slate Dec. 23, 2020

Relations of ideas deal with matters that are definitionally or necessarily true, such as 2 + 2 = 4 or all bachelors are unmarried.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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