Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.
- adjective Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of an alphabet; similar to an alphabet; in the order of the alphabet. See
alphabetic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by
letters of thealphabet . - adjective According to the
sequence of the letters of thealphabet . - adjective obsolete
literal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective arranged in order according to the alphabet
- adjective relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
Etymologies
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Examples
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An _alphabetical_ arrangement, be the books of whatever kind they may, will in general obviate the inconvenience felt from such an undigested plan; and it were "devoutly to be wished," by all true bibliographers, that an act of parliament should pass for the due observance of this alphabetical order.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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So, here goes: the full list of my favourite books of 2008, in alphabetical order.
The ULTIMATE (and somewhat bloated) Best Of 2008 List [part 7] - THE RoSF LIST 2009
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The books with the same number of mentions are listed in alphabetical order and are as follows.
The ULTIMATE (and somewhat bloated) Best Of 2008 List: Recap & Conclusion 2009
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The books with the same number of mentions are listed in alphabetical order and are as follows.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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On April 12th the shortlist for the first DAVID GEMMELL LEGEND AWARD has been announced and the final five in alphabetical (bold) order are as follows:
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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And to be democratic about it, Ill be we do it in alphabetical order.
Uni Watch Devaluing the Design Process, Pt. I (aka Design-A-Uni) admin 2009
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The candidates that have filed for the April 7, 2009 election for school board are (in alphabetical order):
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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On April 12th the shortlist for the first DAVID GEMMELL LEGEND AWARD has been announced and the final five in alphabetical (bold) order are as follows:
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And to be democratic about it, Ill be we do it in alphabetical order.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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So, here goes: the full list of my favourite books of 2008, in alphabetical order.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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