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Webster 1913 Edition


Alphabetically

Alˊpha-bet′ic-al-ly

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adv.
In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alphabetically

ALPHABET'ICALLY

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adv.
In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Definition 2024


alphabetically

alphabetically

English

Adverb

alphabetically (comparative more alphabetically, superlative most alphabetically)

  1. (manner) In an alphabetical manner.
    • 1978, Hans H. Wellisch, The conversion of scripts, its nature, history, and utilization‎, page 65:
      In alphabetically written languages the conventions governing the graphemic system G are intimately connected with those governing the phonemic system P
  2. (sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.

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