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US
/ˌæɫfəˈbɛtɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /ˌælfəbˈɛtɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /ˌælfəbˈɛtɪkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
alphabetical writing system -
arranged in order according to the alphabet
dictionaries list words in alphabetical order
an alphabetic arrangement
How To Use alphabetical In A Sentence
- the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.
- Rather than an alphabetical sequence of topics, for each country the contents are organized into chapters that address 13 basic issues, ranging from basic sexological perspectives to sexual dysfunctions.
- Nahuatl terms written in alphabetical characters accompany the multitude of indigenous persons, places, and things listed and depicted in the codex.
- Over 70 genealogical charts precede the alphabetical listing of biographees.
- Top offending foods identified were, in alphabetical order, barley, beef, chicken, lamb, potato, rice, soya and wheat.
- Having a surname like mine meant that I was second of the year on the alphabetical list. Fools Rush In - A Call to Christian Clowning
- 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
- The word groups, all of which have been chosen purely for their fluency-promoting property, have been arranged in alphabetical order under various headwords in dictionary style.
- Having a surname like mine meant that I was second of the year on the alphabetical list. Fools Rush In - A Call to Christian Clowning
- And now," said he, as I was writing them down, "you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker; you may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson