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editorially

editorially

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In a way that is about checking and changing articles before they are published
  • adverb
  • /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəli/
: editorialmente
  • Far more people read the two newer incarnations of the Forward, published in English and in Russian, which share the original's name but are editorially separate newspapers addressed to very different audiences.

I spend countless months, if not years, revising and working editorially with the with the writer to get the script just so.

Examples

  • They looked at what worked editorially and organizationally and what didn't.

    Blog text (23)

  • "This would be a government-funded but editorially independent journalism enterprise that would report international news about and to the entire world.

    Blog text (21)

  • However, they are both financially and editorially independent.

    Blog text (8)

  • Editorially, online, we have become respected for that attempt to 'raise the bar' I noted at the beginning of this piece.

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  • I spend countless months, if not years, revising and working editorially with the with the writer to get the script just so.

    Film Courage

  • I imagine Claremont wasn't ever very happy with that either, but the editorially driven plot called for it.

    Blog text (17)

  • Editorially, they are in the right place (Dodai meant well and had a good point, as several people have pointed out).

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  • Golomb: Once we've requested a manuscript and taken the time to read it and feel we are a good fit for the author, I'll work editorially with the client to develop a project into its best shape for submission.

    Academic text (2009)

  • An untargeted pitch can also land you editorially in all the wrong places, as Andrew Hornery reports in PS in the Sydney Morning Herald today.

    Blog text (22)

  • The magazine was revised editorially to improve clarity and coherence.

Surface Forms

editorially positive

Morphology

editorially = editorial (transparent) = editor + ial + ly

Formed from the adjective 'editorial' with the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to mean 'in a manner relating to editing or editors'.

Etymology

Editorially comes from editor and edit, where edit means 'to change or prepare text for publishing'. In this sense, to act editorially is to do something in the way an editor would, that is, in a way that relates to editing, approving, or arranging the text.