alphabetical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet

   alphabetical writing system

2. 2
   adj

   Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.

   Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

3. 3
   adj

   According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

   All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

4. 4
   adj

   literal

   But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,

5. 5
   noun

   Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw.

   We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency.

6. 6
   adj

   arranged in order according to the alphabet

Etymology

From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.