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architecturally

/ɑː.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃə.ɹə.li/US/ɑɹ.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃɚ.ə.li/

architecturally adverb: in an architectural manner.

Adverb

architecturally (comparative more architecturally, superlative most architecturally)

  1. In an architectural manner.
    • The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193
  2. Regarding architecture.
    • an architecturally important work
    • Architecturally the stations of the Tonbridge-Hastings line are of great interest. Wadhurst, Robertsbridge and Stonegate are of simple Italinate^([sic]) style, unspoiled by that necessary evil of a platform awning.1957 August, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529

Examples of architecturally in a sentence

  • There will be a change, not just architecturally, but also in the way we integrate data that we are not doing now."2015 July 20, Adrienne LaFrance, quoting Peter Littlewood, “The Definition of 'Computer' Is Changing”, in The Atlantic, archived from the...
  • Our next train is the 0945 Largs service, which we'll take as far as Paisley Gilmour Street - an architecturally magnificent station.2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 43:

Forms of architecturally

comparativemore architecturally
superlativemost architecturally

Origin of architecturally

From architectural + -ly.

Questions about architecturally

What does architecturally mean?
Architecturally means in an architectural manner.
How do you use architecturally in a sentence?
There will be a change, not just architecturally, but also in the way we integrate data that we are not doing now."
What part of speech is architecturally?
Architecturally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce architecturally?
Architecturally is pronounced /ɑː.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃə.ɹə.li/ (UK).

Words near architecturally in the dictionary

  1. architecturalizations
  2. architecturalize
  3. architecturalized
  4. architecturalizes
  5. architecturalizing
  6. architecturally
  7. architecture
  8. architectured
  9. architectures
  10. architecturesque
  11. Archites

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