orthographical
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˌɔrθəˈɡræfɪkəl/
- Many students struggle with orthographical rules when learning a new language, especially with spelling.
- orthographical revision
Examples
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The dominance of orthographical revision is obvious as 94% of the revisions pertain to orthography, as opposed to phonological, semantic, and syntactic revisions.
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It is interesting to see how the poet experiments intentionally with orthographical possibilities of his poetic work before hitting on the graphic structure that best represents his conception and imagination.
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Three orthographical revisions in terms of character choices seem to add another iconic dimension to the text.
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In what follows, two haiku texts are to be examined in detail as illustrative examples of Basho's orthographical revisions.
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The study further examines orthographical revisions of haiku texts as evidence to demonstrate the cognitive role of written language in relation to Fenollosa's thesis.
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Interestingly enough, all the orthographical revisions occurred in the lexical items that have not undergone any other revisions: 'rock,' 'cicada,' and 'voice.'
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The teacher emphasized the importance of orthographical accuracy in students' writing to avoid misunderstandings.
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The book provides guidelines for orthographical conventions that help improve the clarity of written communication.
Synonyms
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7.2
The spelling and usual way to write words in a language
Surface Forms
Morphology
orthographical = orthographic (transparent) = orthographic + al
Standard adjective formation from 'orthographic' by adding '-al', yielding a meaning directly related to correct or conventional spelling.
Etymology
The word orthographical comes from Greek parts ortho- meaning 'correct' and -graph meaning 'to write', like in autograph. So orthographical means 'correct writing', which is why we use it for proper spelling.