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textual

textual

12 4.6
That is about written or printed words
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɛkstʃuəl/
translation icon : textual
  • The researcher provided textual evidence to support her argument in the paper.
  • textual evidence
  • textual analysis
  • textual criticism

But what he gives textual evidence from the Bible that says that.

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Examples

  • In literature classes, we often analyze textual elements to understand the author's intent.

  • It's called textual criticism.

  • But what he gives textual evidence from the Bible that says that.

  • You want some textual support for your view, for your reading a block pen.

  • We find the authority of the author instead, somewhere within textual experience.

  • And this was a dream that many of us here in the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis had.

  • The way we define textual languages typically is through a grammar.

  • I've always enjoyed that textual investigation.

  • The second distinction is between the textual and the constructed level of the literary work of art.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many of the other textual prayers described above can also fall into the devotional category.

    Academic text (2008)

Compounds

textual criticism
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A study of different copies of a writing to find its original words

The written words in a book or article, not the pictures

textual scholarship
  • Specialized
9.9

Study of original texts and documents, including describing, copying, editing, and adding notes

How Textual

textual
12 4.6
textless
5.7

Surface Forms

textual positive

Morphology

textual = text (transparent) = text + ual

Formed with the noun 'text' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ual', so the meaning 'relating to text' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word textual comes from text, which comes from the old Latin root tex- meaning 'to weave', because people once thought of writing as threads woven together. So, textual means 'relating to written or printed words'.