textual
textual
Definition
tex·tual (teks′c̸ho̵̅o̅ əl)
adjective
- of, in, based on, or conforming to a text
- literal; word-for-word
Etymology: ME textuel < L textus: see text
tex′·tu·ally adverb
textual
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- criticism: Should he not have at least tried some serious textual criticism?
- variant: There must have been serious textual variants between the texts to warrant such action.
- corruption: Neither of the two has anything to do with the charge of textual corruption of the Holy Bible.
- critic: Textual critics have a lot of work to do.
- analysis: Learning skills of textual analysis using computers is central to the course.
- scholarship: We also have a strong tradition of textual scholarship.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: Ethnographic representation What advantages do multimedia docu- ments have over purely textual ones for purposes of ethnographic representation?
- mainly: That is the production by a large community of mainly textual documents for viewing on the Web.
- not: They are not textual changes made to alter the reading.
- primarily: If your site is primarily textual, try experimenting with a slight background tint.
- largely: For many, what they mean by coding is actually the mark-up coding scheme employed as part of digitizing largely textual resources.
- just: It is possible to incorporate not just textual data, but information in other media as well.
Used with adjective complement
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