architecturally
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- adverb
- /ˌɑːrkɪˈtɛkʧərəli/
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arquitectónicamente
- Once in the Miami area, a short walk through an architecturally rich environment will take us to the "people-mover."
Examples
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You guys can't see how phenomenal it is, but it's just architecturally stunning.
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Architecturally, it's of tremendous interest.
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What was the purpose of that, architecturally speaking?
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- Architecturally, it's a perfect house.
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The University of Virginia is surely the most architecturally renowned campus in the country.
Academic text (2002) -
Both the Tower and the Dome are architecturally unique and very interesting to photograph.
Academic text (1999) -
It's architecturally perfect.
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Picard finds himself standing outside a rustic but architecturally striking house with spectacular views in the Canadian Rockies.
Fiction book (1994) -
Indeed, much of the new skyline of Kuala Lumpur is architecturally designed to link Islamic values explicitly to the urban landscape.
Academic text (2009) -
The library is architecturally designed to blend with the natural surroundings.
Synonyms
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5.0
In a way that changes the parts that hold something together
In a way that shows the design or structure of things, especially buildings
In a way that has to do with how something is built
In a way that shows how parts are arranged
Surface Forms
Morphology
architecturally = architectural (transparent) = architecture + al + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clearly derived adjective 'architectural' (architecture → architectural), so the relation is predictable.
Etymology
Architecturally comes from the word architect, which has Greek parts arkhi- 'chief' and -tekton 'builder'. Think of a chief builder planning the whole look and shape of a house, so architecturally means 'in a way that relates to the design and style of buildings'.