hierarchically
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- adverb
- /ˌhaɪəˈrɑːkɪkli/
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jerárquicamente
- Law firms are not structured hierarchically, like a corporation.
- hierarchically organized
- hierarchically arranged
- hierarchically structured
And so psych can reason about context, context can arrange hierarchically and so on.
- And so psych can reason about context, context can arrange hierarchically and so on.
Examples
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For each practice session to be productive, the material assigned by instructors must be organized hierarchically.
Academic text (1998) -
And views are arranged hierarchically, so you actually you have a tree of views.
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As places on it are filled in, they are hierarchically ordered.
Academic text (1997) -
Yeah, because I have very rigid, hierarchically organized notes.
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Individual firms were hierarchically organized, and many employees stayed with a firm for their full working lives.
Academic text (1993) -
Like the military, its members are organized hierarchically by rank and file and have military degrees.
Academic text (1997) -
Obviously, administrators are hierarchically ranked in terms of both salary and control over the university.
Academic text (2000) -
Not only was governance organized hierarchically, it was frequently reduced to a set of governing rules.
Academic text (2017) -
The paradigm is based on five distinct and hierarchically structured educational divisions.
Academic text (1993) -
To enhance understanding, the topics were presented hierarchically, starting with the basics and progressing to advanced concepts.
Synonyms
In order by position, like first, second, third
How Hierarchical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hierarchically = hierarchical (transparent) = hierarchy + ical + ly
Formed by standard adverbial derivation: 'hierarchical' + '-ly'; 'hierarchical' is itself transparently derived from 'hierarchy' + '-ical', so the overall meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
Hierarchically comes from hierarchy, which joined a Greek word for 'sacred' with arch meaning 'ruler', the same arch you see in monarch. A hierarchy once meant 'rule by sacred leaders', so hierarchically means 'in order of levels or rank', which is why we use it for groups or companies with clear levels.