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dialectual

dialectual is the misspelling of dialectal.

Meaning of dialectal

Adjective

dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)

  1. Of or relating to a dialect.
  2. Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.
    • Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.1908, “lay v.¹”, in James A. H. Murray et al., editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1, London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 128

Questions about dialectual

What is dialectual the misspelling of?
Dialectual is the misspelling of dialectal.

Words near dialectual in the dictionary

  1. dialectology
  2. dialectometric
  3. dialectometrics
  4. dialectometry
  5. dialects
  6. dialectual
  7. dialed
  8. dialed back
  9. dialed down
  10. dialed down a notch
  11. dialed in

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