Search Result for "alphabetical":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet;
- Example: "alphabetical writing system"
[syn: alphabetic, alphabetical]
2. arranged in order according to the alphabet;
- Example: "an alphabetic arrangement"
- Example: "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"
[syn: alphabetic, alphabetical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alphabetic \Al`pha*bet"ic\, Alphabetical \Al`pha*bet"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. alphab['e]tique.] 1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement. English has an alphabetical writing system. [1913 Webster] 2. Literal. [Obs.] "Alphabetical servility." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. in alphabetical order. Syn: abecedarian [WordNet 1.5]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "alphabetical": abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, capital, graphemic, ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower-case, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, pictographic, transliterated, uncial, upper-case
