topically
- adverb
- /ˈtɑːpɪkli/
- This survey compiled topically organized articles translated from the hundreds of foreign-language newspapers that circulated in Chicago from the 1870s through the late 1930s, making accessible a rich lode of firsthand information on the city's ethnic groups.
Well, topically, I use all of these super foods that we were talking about.
- Well, topically, I use all of these super foods that we were talking about.
Examples
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The ninth edition is arranged topically, making it easy to find information about nine intellectual freedom issues (e.g., access, censorship, children and youth, copyright, privacy, etc.).
Academic text (2015) -
Each researcher wrote a case record to pull together and organize the large amounts of data collected topically.
Academic text (2006) -
Well, topically, I use all of these super foods that we were talking about.
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Nothing sticks in the mind of a student like a topically relevant example of how to use what was just learned.
Academic text (2007) -
Rather topically, a paper that describes good evidence for this scenario was published yesterday in Nature.
Blog text (15) -
Topically, knowledge management fits well into a wide variety of courses, with this case offering a good introduction.
Academic text (2003) -
The advantage with the blog is that they can subscribe to it, leave comments, and see it chronologically as well as topically.
Blog text (31) -
Thus, we have a situation where relatively little research has been undertaken on drug markets, and much of what has been done has been rather narrowly focused both geographically and topically.
Academic text (2007) -
In this regard, the resources of the USHMM's website (www.ushmm.org) provide a vast array of oral histories that are arranged topically and are presented in short, focused segments that are ideally suited for classroom use.
Academic text (2011) -
The professor provided a topically relevant example that helped us understand the complex theory.
Synonyms
In a way that focuses on a main idea or topic
In a way that relates to the topic being discussed
In a way that is related to the subject being discussed
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Topically comes from the Greek root topos meaning 'place', the same root as topic. So to organise or discuss something topically is to put it by 'subject', grouping each idea in its own place.