English

Adverb

dictionarily ‎(not comparable)

1. In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.
   • 2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, Balboa Press, page 72

     Eyeing at the table full of scribbled papers he dictionarily imparted, “a large book or volume”.

   • 2006, A. W. Sparkes, Talking Politics: A Wordbook, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, page 227

     Is it the case that someone identifies himself as an X every time he says that he is an X or acknowledges that he is an X? That might be literally or 'dictionarily' so.

   • 2009, Wharton's Concise Law Dictionary - With Exhaustive Reference to Indian Case Law - Along with Legal Phrases and Legal Maxims - Including Glossary of Unique Words used by Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India - Thoroughly Revised and Updated by Dr Justice AR Lakshmanan, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India Chairman, Law Commission of India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, page 1048

     "Tort" dictionarily means 'breach of duty leading to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse.

   • 1916, The Rotarian, Published Monthly at Mount Morris, Illinois, U.S.A., page 541

     We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.

   • 2008, Colin Gonsalves, ‎Vijay Hiremath, ‎Rebecca Gonsalvez, Prisoners' Rights - Volume 2, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) (A division of Socio-Legal Information Centre) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110014, India, page 643

     It lays foundation for a society where rule of law has primary and not arbitrary or capricious exercise of power. 'Life' dictionarily means, 'State of functional activity and continual change peculiar to organised matter, and especially to the portion of it constituting an animal or plant before death; animate existence; being alive. But used in the constitution it may not be mere existence.