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semantically

American

[si-man-tik-lee] / sɪˈmæn tɪk li /

adverb

in a way that relates to the different meanings of words or other signs or symbols.

Humans have developed languages that are semantically rich and can cope easily with philosophical concepts.
in a way that deliberately takes advantage of the connotations or associations attached to certain words.

He deals with this bombing campaign semantically by saying it is “not a war” since there are “no hostile troops on the ground.”

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Origin of semantically

semantic ( def. ) + -ally ( def. )

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