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adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an alphabetical manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: manner

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Arranged in the order of the alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: sequence

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alphabetical order

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in alphabetical order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the list was arranged alphabetically

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English alphabetical Middle English -ly English -ly English alphabetically From alphabetical + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَبْجَدِيًّا (ʔabjadiyyan) — in an alphabetical manner
  • Catalan: alfabèticament — in an alphabetical manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按字母順序 /按字母顺序 (àn zìmǔ shùnxù) — in an alphabetical manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按字母排序 (àn zìmǔ páixù) — in an alphabetical manner
  • Czech: abecedně — in an alphabetical manner
  • Czech: abecední — in an alphabetical manner
  • Danish: alfabetisk — in an alphabetical manner
  • Esperanto: alfabete — in an alphabetical manner
  • Finnish: aakkosellisesti — in an alphabetical manner
  • French: alphabétiquement — in an alphabetical manner
  • Galician: alfabeticamente — in an alphabetical manner
  • German: alphabetisch — in an alphabetical manner
  • Italian: alfabeticamente — in an alphabetical manner
  • Macedonian: азбучно (azbučno) — in an alphabetical manner
  • Polish: alfabetycznie — in an alphabetical manner
  • Polish: abecadłowo — in an alphabetical manner
  • Portuguese: alfabeticamente — in an alphabetical manner
  • Romanian: alfabetic — in an alphabetical manner
  • Russian: в алфави́тном поря́дке (v alfavítnom porjádke) — in an alphabetical manner
  • Spanish: alfabéticamente — in an alphabetical manner
  • Swedish: alfabetiskt — in an alphabetical manner
  • Arabic: أَبْجَدِيًّا (ʔabjadiyyan) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Armenian: այբբենականորեն (aybbenakanoren) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Armenian: այբբենական կարգով (aybbenakan kargov) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Catalan: alfabèticament — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按字母順序 /按字母顺序 (àn zìmǔ shùnxù) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按字母排序 (àn zìmǔ páixù) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Czech: abecedně — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Czech: abecední — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Danish: alfabetisk — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Dutch: alfabetisch — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Esperanto: laŭalfabete — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Esperanto: alfabete — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Finnish: aakkosjärjestyksessä — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Finnish: aakkosittain — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • French: alphabétiquement — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Galician: alfabeticamente — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • German: alphabetisch — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Ancient Greek: κατὰ στοιχεῖον (katà stoikheîon) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Gujarati: કક્કાવાર (kakkāvār) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Hungarian: betűrendben — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Italian: alfabeticamente — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Japanese: アルファベット順に (arufabetto jun ni) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Japanese: ABC順に (ē-bī-shī jun ni) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Korean: 알파벳순의 (alpabetsunui) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Macedonian: азбучно (azbučno) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alfabetisk — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alfabetisk — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Polish: alfabetycznie — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Polish: abecadłowo — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Portuguese: alfabeticamente — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Romanian: alfabetic — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Russian: в алфави́тном поря́дке (v alfavítnom porjádke) — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Spanish: alfabéticamente — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Swedish: alfabetiskt — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Swedish: i bokstavsordning — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
  • Vietnamese: theo thứ tự bảng chữ cái — arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
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