lexicographically

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek λεξῐκός (lexĭkós)

English lexico-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.

French -graphieder.

English -graphy

English lexicography

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English lexicographic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

▲

Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English lexicographical

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English lexicographically

From lexicographical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

lexicographically (comparative more lexicographically, superlative most lexicographically)

1. (manner) In a lexicographical way.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 302:

     That upto is, and has long been, a part of Indian English is clear, however, significantly, it has never been covered lexicographically.

2. (domain) From the perspective of lexicography.
3. (sequence) In lexicographical order.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: slovníkářsky, lexikograficky
• Finnish: leksikografisesti
• French: lexicographiquement (fr)
• Italian: lessicograficamente
• Russian: лексикографически (leksikografičeski)

Further reading

• “lexicographically”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “lexicography”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “lexicography”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “lexicographically, linguistically, philologically, etymologically, biologically, mathematically”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.