textual

[ teks-choo-uhl ]

/ ˈtɛks tʃu əl /

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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.

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Origin of textual

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

OTHER WORDS FROM textual

tex·tu·al·ly, adverbin·ter·tex·tu·al, adjectivein·ter·tex·tu·al·ly, adverbnon·tex·tu·al, adjective

non·tex·tu·al·ly, adverbun·tex·tu·al, adjectiveun·tex·tu·al·ly, adverb

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How to use textual in a sentence

A larger display between 28-34 inches is great for atmospheric games that provide a rich visual landscape with less reliance on textual information.
Best gaming monitor: Five things to consider|Carsen Joenk|November 26, 2020|Popular-Science
The three main textual sources are Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio, none of them Nero’s contemporaries, thus reliant on earlier sources, and all hostile to him.
What was Nero really doing while Rome burned?|Diana Preston|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
In contrast with textual searches, the consumers use more long keywords in voice search.
10 Tips to perform in depth local SEO for your business|Jackson Keil|July 20, 2020|Search Engine Watch
I prefer to follow step by step the development of Hilbert's thought, quoting textually the most important passages.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar

Thanks to hasty pencil-notes, he was able to reproduce, almost textually, the questions and the answers given.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room|Gaston Leroux
This strange, grotesque dialogue I repeat textually almost; and, it may be conceived, it was entertaining in a high degree.
A Day's Tour|Percy Fitzgerald
We give the passage textually, because it occurred without a change of a word thus in no less than five different letters.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever
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 textual

textual

/ (ˈtɛkstjʊəl) /

adjective

of or relating to a text or texts

based on or conforming to a text

Derived forms of textual

textually, adverb

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