alphabetical

Definition

Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.

Etymology

From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.

Example Sentences

• "Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language."
• "All names were placed into an alphabetical list."
• "But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,"

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