orthographically

English

Etymology

From orthographical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

orthographically (not comparable)

2. (linguistics) Regarding or relating to orthography (the way in which languages, usually natural languages, are written).

   Although it is possible to represent this phonetic distinction orthographically, such representation is not emically realized.

4. (linguistics) According to standardized or formally accepted orthography: using proper spelling, and (more strictly) proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and italics.

   stylings that are orthographically valid (acceptable), albeit not preferable

   • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109:

     For example, in Mathematics, the SVL includes find and set, which are not as orthographically complex as other entries such as quadrilateral or trigonometric, and furthermore commonly occur outside mathematics.

6. (drafting, engineering, manufacturing) Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings).

   To represent an internal feature orthographically, dashed lines are used instead of solid ones.

Quotations

• 1940 Orthographically regular pseudowords use the same spelling rules as real English words . . . - Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing: An Introduction - Roy Lachman
• 1995 Because orthographically opaque words have stems that undergo change when affixed, . . . - Morphological Aspects of Language Processing - Laurie Beth (EDT) Feldman
• 2005 we were graciously supplied with a digital copy of his orthographically rectified photomosaic of the entire Cydonia complex - The Cydonia Codex: Reflections from Mars - George J Haas, William R Saunders

Translations

in an orthographical manner

• Catalan: ortogràficament (ca)
• Finnish: ortografisesti
• French: orthographiquement (fr)
• Italian: ortograficamente
• Polish: ortograficznie (pl)
• Portuguese: ortograficamente
• Spanish: ortográficamente

References

• 2006, Oxford University Press, The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English (online edition)
• 2006, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc, Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus (online edition)