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Meaning of dictionarily | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

not-comparable

Examples

“We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.”
“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.”
“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.”
“"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.”
“Eyeing at the table full of scribbled papers he dictionarily imparted, “a large book or volume”.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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