compositionally

English

Etymology

compositional +‎ -ly

Adverb

compositionally (not comparable)

1. With regard to composition.

   The two minerals are compositionally distinct.

   • 2009, Umberto Pappalardo, The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting, page 91:

     The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze.

2. By means of composition.
   • 2004, Östen Dahl, The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity‎^[1], →ISBN, page 180:

     In particular, its meaning will normally also be retrieved from storage rather than computed compositionally, from the constituents.