Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a hierarchical manner;
- Example: "hierarchically organized"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hierarchic \hi`er*arch"ic\, hierarchical \hi`er*arch"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. hi['e]rarchique.]
Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy. --
Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn: hierarchical, hierarchal.
[1913 Webster]
2. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by
which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, a
hierarchical relation.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hierarchically
adv 1: in a hierarchical manner; "hierarchically organized"