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textual Definition

tex·tual (teksc̸ho̵̅o̅ əl)

adjective

  1. of, in, based on, or conforming to a text
  2. literal; word-for-word

Etymology: ME textuel < L textus: see text

textual Related Forms
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

  • include: We evaluate the effectiveness of different types of features, including textual, durational, F0, Tilt and ToBI features in that system.
  • contain: As you will see each release contains textual on topic links back to your website.

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