Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In or as regards the text; according to the text.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a textual manner.
  • adverb Regarding text.

Etymologies

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textual +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • For more on SeeMySMS, a Paris based company run by Alexandra de Waresquiel, who is single handedly raising the level of quality for content on mobile phones, see related articles in textually. org.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Mobile Phone Screen Art 2003

  • That the election of Presidents is textually committed to the electoral college, and the certification of the results is textually committed to Congress, and therefore the judicial power of the United States simply does not extend to determining the eligibility of a duly elected and certified presidential candidate.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Blatant Unconstitutionality Started Early 2010

  • So you wind up with a well educated and textually spoken individual that is entertaining while at the same time after tearing the site down.

    p2pnet bans troll posts: redux 2009

  • The Green Hornet Trailer Puulaahi textually active - August 20, 2009 added by tiki god | Affiliate Program mcs+ to rate

    textually active | My[confined]Space 2009

  • And textually as well, once you get past the initial weirdness you realise that it makes a strange sort of sense; it universalises the story but it also foregrounds the bubble-reality status of the world of high school, suggests that on some level all the kids are “outsiders” — All-American Levi as much as oddball Chance.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • But for the federal House, there is a textually specified rule.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Congress Should Reapportion Representatives Only on the Basis of Citizen Populations” 2010

  • But discretionary decisions by the states or the people are not necessary or textually sanctioned exceptions to the term provision.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010

  • Dilan Esper: That the election of Presidents is textually committed to the electoral college, and the certification of the results is textually committed to Congress, and therefore the judicial power of the United States simply does not extend to determining the eligibility of a duly elected and certified presidential candidate.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Blatant Unconstitutionality Started Early 2010

  • But for the federal House, there is a textually specified rule.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2010 » May 2010

  • And textually as well, once you get past the initial weirdness you realise that it makes a strange sort of sense; it universalises the story but it also foregrounds the bubble-reality status of the world of high school, suggests that on some level all the kids are “outsiders” — All-American Levi as much as oddball Chance.

    The Curiosity of Chance Hal Duncan 2009

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