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synoptical, a.|sɪˈnɒptɪkəl|
[See prec. and -ical.]
1. = synoptic 1.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. Introd., The Observations which..we have collected together, and here present..as so many Synoptical Tables. a1755Johnson Plan Dict. Wks. 1787 IX. 177 In synoptical lexicons, where mutilated and doubtful languages are explained by their affinity to others more certain and extensive. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxviii. 32 That you may have a synoptical view of the comparative size of the larger insects..I now lay before you a table of the dimensions. 1839Hallam Lit. Eur. III. iii. iii. §134. 117 The ninth chapter of the Leviathan contains a synoptical chart of human science. 1889Science-Gossip XXV. 157 To add to the value of this..useful volume we have also a copious synoptical index and general index.
2. = synoptic 2. rare.
1875[see synoptist 1].
Hence syˈnoptically adv., in the way of a synopsis; so as to present a general view.
1667Petty in Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 295, I shall more Synoptically here insert a Catalogue of all Dying Materials. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 892/2 The best synoptically arranged text. |