Alphabetic
in the order of the letters of the :
alphabetical arrangement.
pertaining to, expressed by, or using an :
alphabetical writing.
Historical Examples
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Indian Fairy Tales Anonymous
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Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome Apicius
Deciding that the language of the signs was written in alphabetic characters, he found himself obliged to call a halt.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria Lewis Spence
All this is alphabetic, and we might go deeper and get lost, but there is no occasion.
The Court of Cacus Alexander Leighton
As in the preceding chapter, alphabetic arrangement will be employed.
The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis Frederick Hutton Getman
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Needlework As Art Marian Alford
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Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales George Bird Grinnell
That is to say, no college had ever supplied him an alphabetic appendage.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Elbert Hubbard
The Chinese language is by all means the counterpart of the alphabetic stock.
The Problem of China Bertrand Russell
Wheatstone patented his alphabetic printing telegraph, and telegraph wires were strung as far as Glasgow.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Edwin Emerson
adjective
in the conventional order of the letters or symbols of an alphabet
of, characterized by, or expressed by an alphabet
adj.
1560s, from alphabet + -ical. Related: Alphabetically.
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