textual

[teks-choo-uh l]

adjective

of or relating to a text: textual errors.

based on or conforming to the text, as of the Scriptures: a textual interpretation of the Bible.

Origin of textual

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin textu(s) (see text) + -al¹; replacing Middle English textuel < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above

Related formstex·tu·al·ly, adverbin·ter·tex·tu·al, adjectivein·ter·tex·tu·al·ly, adverbnon·tex·tu·al, adjectivenon·tex·tu·al·ly, adverbun·tex·tu·al, adjectiveun·tex·tu·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for textually

Historical Examples of textually

The result is that some of them are not complete and some may not be textually correct.
Some Current Folk-Songs of the Negro
Will H. Thomas
Possibly parts of his work may be textually derived from the Cyclics, but the topic is very obscure.
Alfred Tennyson
Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for textually

textual

adjective

of or relating to a text or texts

based on or conforming to a text

Derived Formstextually, adverb

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Word Origin and History for textually

textual

adj.

late 14c., from Latin textus (see text) + -al (1). Related: Textually.