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lexically

lexically adverb: in a lexical manner.

Adverb

lexically (not comparable)

  1. In a lexical manner.
    • It is important to note that connotation is different from an unambiguous “double meaning” or “pun.” With a pun both meanings have to be lexically current but with connotation it is the multiple, even ambiguous, associations of each word that are important.)2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 118
  2. (domain) In terms of a lexicon.

Origin of lexically

From lexical + -ly.

Words formed from lexically

Questions about lexically

What does lexically mean?
Lexically means in a lexical manner.
What part of speech is lexically?
Lexically is an adverb.

Words near lexically in the dictionary

  1. lexicalized
  2. lexicalizer
  3. lexicalizers
  4. lexicalizes
  5. lexicalizing
  6. lexically
  7. lexically scoped
  8. lexicase
  9. lexico-
  10. lexicode
  11. lexicodes

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