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semantically

semantically adverb: in the manner of or referring to semantics.

Adverb

semantically (comparative more semantically, superlative most semantically)

  1. In the manner of or referring to semantics.
    • In a typical lexicalist approach (e.g. Koontz-Garboden 2006), the unmarked lexeme is taken as lexically listed, even if its meaning (as it often does) includes templatic entailments, and the derivational morphology is taken to operate on the underived form to yield the derived form. This is the...2014 September 25, Rochelle Lieber, Pavol Stekauer, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology, page 347

Forms of semantically

comparativemore semantically
superlativemost semantically

Origin of semantically

From semantic + -ally.

Words formed from semantically

Questions about semantically

What does semantically mean?
Semantically means in the manner of or referring to semantics.
What part of speech is semantically?
Semantically is an adverb.

Words near semantically in the dictionary

  1. semantic web
  2. semantic-oriented programming
  3. semantic-pragmatic disorder
  4. semantical
  5. semanticality
  6. semantically
  7. semantician
  8. semanticians
  9. semanticisation
  10. semanticisations
  11. semanticise

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