Meanings
adverblexicographically (comparative more lexicographically, superlative most lexicographically)
comparative more lexicographically · superlative most lexicographically
- mannerIn a lexicographical way.
That upto is, and has long been, a part of Indian English is clear, however, significantly, it has never been covered lexicographically.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302 - domainFrom the perspective of lexicography.
- sequenceIn lexicographical order.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*légō
- Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
- Ancient Greekλέξῐς (léxĭs)
- Ancient Greekλεξῐκός (lexĭkós)
- Englishlexico-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishlexicography
- Englishlexicographic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishlexicographical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishlexicographically
From lexicographical + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech slovníkářsky, lexikograficky
- slovníkářskyTranslations
- lexikografickyTranslations
Finnish leksikografisesti
- leksikografisestiTranslations
French lexicographiquement
- lexicographiquementTranslations
Italian lessicograficamente
- lessicograficamenteTranslations
Russian лексикографически
- лексикографически (leksikografičeski)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
lexicographically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicographically
MLA
“lexicographically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicographically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lexicographically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicographically.
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