stenographical

9.1

Writing that uses a special short form to record speech quickly

adjective
/ˌstɛnəˈɡræfɪkəl/

Specialized

: estenográfico

The court proceedings were recorded in a stenographical transcript for official records.

Examples

The reporter's stenographical expertise allowed her to capture every word of the interview.
The stenographical notes were difficult to read.
She took stenographical notes using her specialized shorthand skills.
She used stenographical techniques during the meeting.
She took stenographical notes using her specialized shorthand skills.
The court proceedings were recorded in a stenographical transcript for official records.
The reporter's stenographical expertise allowed her to capture every word of the interview.

Synonyms

stenographic

vsstenographical

Specialized

1 8.4

Used for writing speech quickly in shorthand

is the same in meaning but uses a different adjective spelling form

Surface Forms

stenographical positive

Morphology

stenographical = stenographic (semi-transparent) = steno + graph + ic + al

The final step from stenographic to stenographical is a regular adjectival suffixation with no major semantic shift.

Etymology

Stenographical comes from Greek parts steno- meaning 'narrow' and -graphy meaning 'writing', the same 'graph' you see in autograph. Think of making very small, fast marks to save time — that's shorthand, so stenographical means relating to that quick way of writing.