textual

[teks-choo-uhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to a text.

   textual errors.

2. based on or conforming to the text, as of the Scriptures.

   a textual interpretation of the Bible.

textual

/ ˈtɛkstjʊəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a text or texts

2. based on or conforming to a text

Other Word Forms

• textually adverb
• intertextual adjective
• intertextually adverb
• nontextual adjective
• nontextually adverb
• untextual adjective
• untextually adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of textual¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin textu ( s ) ( text ) + -al ¹; replacing Middle English textuel < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above