lexically

English

Etymology

From lexical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

lexically (not comparable)

1. (manner) In a lexical manner.
   • 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 118:

     It is important to note that connotation is different from an unambiguous “double meaning” or “pun.” With a pun both meanings have to be lexically current but with connotation it is the multiple, even ambiguous, associations of each word that are important.)

2. (domain) In terms of a lexicon.

Derived terms

• lexically scoped