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textually

textually

1 6.3
About the actual words used in a piece of writing
  • adverb
  • /ˈtɛkstʃuəli/
translation icon : textualmente
  • During the 1960s and 1970s, more linguistically and textually oriented studies displaced the earlier criticism and its concerns.
  • textually complex
  • textually explicit
  • textually complex literature

Examples

  • If the plan is established under a federal exchange, then textually speaking, the penalty should not apply.

    Blog text (1)
  • Even very early beneficiaries of the literacy revolution appreciated the differences between orally rooted and textually mediated thought.

    Academic text (1996)
  • I turn to three books published within the past five years as examples of textually complex YA literature.

    Academic text (2015)
  • How do you choose textually complex literature in English language arts?

    Academic text (2015)
  • Continue the conversation about text choice in your department and share the engaging, textually complex young adult books that you read.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I do not wish to hold up the three books examined here as the only models of textually complex YA literature.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The engagement found through high-interest, textually complex YA literature can serve this purpose.

    Academic text (2015)
  • While reading each text, I created memos outlining examples of textually complex characteristics described above.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Shifts in time, lack of quotation marks for dialogue, and changes in text structure also represent textually complex characteristics.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The author uses various literary techniques to create a textually rich narrative.

How Text-Based

verbatim
1 6.0
literally
246 3.5
textually
1 6.3
loosely
43 3.7

Surface Forms

textually positive

Morphology

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

The adverb is a regular derivation from the adjective 'textual' by adding '-ly'.

Etymology

Textually comes from text, which comes from an old Latin idea of 'weaving' words, and you can see the same root in the familiar word textbook. So to do something textually is to focus on the 'words themselves' or the exact written text.