dictionarily

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adverb

In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverbdictionarily (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.

    Eyeing at the table full of scribbled papers he dictionarily imparted, “a large book or volume”.

    2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, Balboa Press, page 72
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    We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.

    1916, The Rotarian, page 541

    Is it the case that someone identifies himself as an X every time he says that he is an X or acknowledges that he is an X? That might be literally or 'dictionarily' so.

    2006, A. W. Sparkes, Talking Politics: A Wordbook, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, page 227

    It lays foundation for a society where rule of law has primary and not arbitrary or capricious exercise of power. 'Life' dictionarily means, 'State of functional activity and continual change peculiar to organised matter, and especially to the portion of it constituting an animal or plant before death; animate existence; being alive. But used in the constitution it may not be mere existence.

    2008, Colin Gonsalves, Vijay Hiremath, Rebecca Gonsalvez, editors, Prisoners' Rights, volume 2, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) (A division of Socio-Legal Information Centre) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110014, India, page 643

    "Tort" dictionarily means 'breach of duty leading to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse.

    2009, Wharton's Concise Law Dictionary - With Exhaustive Reference to Indian Case Law - Along with Legal Phrases and Legal Maxims - Including Glossary of Unique Words used by Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India - Thoroughly Revised and Updated by Dr Justice AR Lakshmanan, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India Chairman, Law Commission of India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, page 1048

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dictionarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarily

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“dictionarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictionarily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarily.

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