architecturally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō

Proto-Hellenic *téktōn

Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn)

Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor.

Latin architectus

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin architectūralbor.

French architecturebor.

English architecture

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English architectural

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English architecturally

From architectural + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃə.ɹə.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹ.kɪˈtɛk.t͡ʃɚ.ə.li/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

architecturally (comparative more architecturally, superlative most architecturally)

1. In an architectural manner.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193:

     The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones.

2. Regarding architecture.

   an architecturally important work

   • 1957 August, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529:

     Architecturally the stations of the Tonbridge-Hastings line are of great interest. Wadhurst, Robertsbridge and Stonegate are of simple Italinate^[sic] style, unspoiled by that necessary evil of a platform awning.

   • 2015 July 20, Adrienne LaFrance, quoting Peter Littlewood, “The Definition of 'Computer' Is Changing”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 June 2016:

     “There is not going to be a single model for computing. We’ve had the linear, the serial one. We’re developing the neuromorphic methods that are designed around pattern recognition ... There will be a change, not just architecturally, but also in the way we integrate data that we are not doing now."

   • 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 43:

     Our next train is the 0945 Largs service, which we'll take as far as Paisley Gilmour Street - an architecturally magnificent station.

Translations

in an architectural manner

• Georgian: არქიტექტურულად (arkiṭekṭurulad)
• Polish: architektonicznie
• Portuguese: arquitetonicamente, arquiteturalmente