adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.]
1. In alphabetical order.
1567. Maplet, Greene Forest, 68 b. Let us begin Alphabetically with the Adder.
1682. Lond. Gaz., mdcclxxxii/1. The Entries are to be made Alphabetically, according to the first Letter of the Sirname.
1780. Burke, Œcon. Reform., Wks. III. 305. To avoid all suspicion of partiality and prejudice, we must take the pensions alphabetically.
2. By means of an alphabet.
1667. Phil. Trans., II. 574. Then count Alphabetically to E.
Mod. The symbolization of spoken sounds, whether alphabetically or syllabically.