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  • In a structural manner; with regard to structure.

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  • adverb In a structural manner.

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  • adverb with respect to structure

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structural +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I'm told that under the national rating system, they use the term structurally impaired.

    CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2007 2007

  • Jenkins said when the Black Creek project is completed, Sutton Bridge Road will be closed at the current bridge, which he called structurally deficient.

    Local News from Gadsden Times 2010

  • I guess the one flaw structurally is that we have to accept the fourth and in some ways most fantastic version of the story as being more or less "accurate", having been previously set up with three less reliable accounts (two of which self-consciously display their own unreliability).

    January Books 10) Doon pgmcc 2008

  • My half a theory says that geeks know stuff, and when you're more experienced and you know more, that's a pretty big imbalance built right in structurally, so if you want a comparatively balanced team or group, making the geek character younger means that they don't end up knowing everything.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2008

  • "Our long-term structurally bullish fundamental views on the grains remain unchanged," Goldman Sachs Group Inc. wrote in a research note, saying that recent price declines create a "potential buying opportunity."

    Commodities May Slide 2008

  • In many European countries the steel industry is located in structurally weak regions.

    The Steel Crisis in Europe. Where Do We Come From? Where Do We Go? 1985

  • All told, 69,223 U.S. bridges are classified as "structurally deficient," according to the

    Forbes.com: News William Pentland 2011

  • The main losers, it seems to me, will be the long-term structurally unemployed we now have in the developed world, and those living in poor countries with few natural resources.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Edward Hugh 2010

  • The main losers, it seems to me, will be the long-term structurally unemployed we now have in the developed world, and those living in poor countries with few natural resources.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Edward Hugh 2010

  • ASK: Well, Ignore Vera Dietz is the same brand of mixed POV with odd bits thrown in structurally, but it’s not at all like D100D.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: A.S. King, Part 2 2009

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