structurallyadv.
/ˈstrʌktʃ(ə)rəli/, /ˈstrʌktʃ(ə)rl̩i/, U.S. /ˈstrək(t)ʃ(ə)rəli/ In structural respects; with regard to structure.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [adverb]
structurally1829
structurely1851
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adverb]
constructively1865
structurally1865
constructionally1880
1829 N. Amer. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Apr. 325 Why should we infer that the medullary or cortical mass has been structurally disturbed?
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 165 The Sloths..are exclusively arboreal;..and for the trees alone are they structurally adapted.
1865 Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 5/3 St. Petersburg also is as marvellous a city, structurally speaking, as Amsterdam; its palaces, quays, and arsenals are all built on piles.
1915 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 74 Dutch differs little structurally from Low German.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIV. 517/1 Structurally, the aileron is similar to the landing flap.
2010 Ideal Home May 70/3 It was structurally sound, but was in need of redecoration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1829- to seek to the earth or ground
- to seek up
- to seek up for
- to seek upon
- to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed
- to seek, buy, or sow gapeseed
- to seek, find, take, etc shelter
- to seek, visit a saint
- to seem fair for
- to seem good
- to seeming
- to seethe away
- to seethe out
- to seethe over
- to seethe, to have, so many wallops
- to seize a person by the button
- to seize by the button
- to seize by the throat
- to seize hold of
- to seize into one's hands, to one's behoof
- to seize of
- to seize on or upon
- to seize the open file
- to seize time by the forelock
- to seize time by the forelock formerly forehead