orthographically
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Regarding or relating to orthography (the way in which languages, usually natural languages, are written).
adv
According to standardized or formally accepted orthography: using proper spelling, and (more strictly) proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and italics.
adv
Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings).
Example Sentences
- "Although it is possible to represent this phonetic distinction orthographically, such representation is not emically realized."
- "In some cases clusters appear orthographically but could correspond to a specific speech sound (phoneme) and therefore it cannot be considered a cluster, for instance dzhush /d͡ʒuʃ/ ‘juice’."
- "stylings that are orthographically valid (acceptable), albeit not preferable"
- "For example, in Mathematics, the SVL includes find and set, which are not as orthographically complex as other entries such as quadrilateral or trigonometric, and furthermore commonly occur outside mathematics."
- "To represent an internal feature orthographically, dashed lines are used instead of solid ones."
Etymology
Etymology tree English orthographical Middle English -ly English -ly English orthographically From orthographical + -ly.