lexicallyadv.
/ˈlɛksᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈlɛksək(ə)li/ a. In respect of vocabulary.
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lexically1858
1858 Ellicott On 2 Thess. iii. 5 A meaning..not lexically defensible.
1862 G. P. Marsh Orig. & Hist. Eng. Lang. 48 The Anglo-Saxon is not grammatically or lexically identifiable with the extant remains of any continental dialect.
1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 148 The Psalms are lexically easier, but syntactically more difficult than Job.
b. According to the lexicons of a language; in the manner of a lexicon.
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lexicographically1879
lexically1880
1880 Ginsburg Massorah I. title-p. The Massorah, compiled from manuscripts alphabetically and lexically arranged.
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adv.1858- to ask someone's hand
- to ask someone's hand in marriage
- to ask the banns
- to ask the question
- to ask too much
- to ask, realize, etc, what the score is
- to ass about
- to ass around
- to ass up
- to assault a city
- to assault a fortress
- to assert oneself
- to assign arms
- to assume the face of
- to assume the personage of
- to assure life
- to astonish the natives
- to attack a skirmish
- to attain to
- to attempt the life of
- to attend a person's water
- to attend a person's waters
- to attend from
- to attend, dog a person's steps
- to attend, dog steps