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textually

textually

5.6
By sending a short written message on a phone
  • adverb
  • /ˈtɛkstʃuəli/
  • Texting
translation icon : por mensaje de texto
  • The instructions were clear and easy to follow textually.

Examples

  • So there was a lot going on textually, but this is a it's a messenger speech, right?

  • They have a history, textually inspired most immediately by themes in Emerson.

    Academic text (1990)

  • These community leaders spurn advice from outsiders who, laden with textually based prognostication, might come to their village to prescribe what should be done about the shortage.

    Academic text (1992)

  • If we adopt 1499 as the perspective from which we choose to view gender in La Celestina, we may conclude that Rojas's work is one in which the image of woman is contested both textually and contextually.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I prefer to communicate textually rather than talking on the phone.

  • She always responds textually to my messages so I can keep a record of our conversations.

Surface Forms

textually positive

Morphology

textually = textual (transparent) = text + ual + ly

The adverb 'textually' is transparently derived from the adjective 'textual' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Textually comes from text, a word that once meant 'something woven' like cloth because people thought of words as 'woven' together. Today text usually means 'written words' or a short phone message, so textually can mean 'by a written message'.