adv. [f. LEXICAL + -LY2.] a. In respect of vocabulary. b. According to the lexicons of a language; in the manner of a lexicon.

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1858.  Ellicott, 2 Thess. iii. 5. A meaning … not lexically defensible.

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1862.  Marsh, Orig. Eng. Lang., 48. The Anglo-Saxon is not grammatically or lexically identifiable with the extant remains of any continental dialect.

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1866.  Contemp. Rev., II. 148. The Psalms are lexically easier, but syntactically more difficult than Job.

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1880.  Ginsburg, Massorah, I. title-p., The Massorah, compiled from manuscripts alphabetically and lexically arranged.

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