alphabetical

Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Literal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

alphabetic alphabetized alpha alphabet script arranged logical consecutive systematic progressive literal graded alphabetically majuscule ideographic
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Antonyms

better contain determine broken decide declare
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Phrases with the word

alphabetical character alphabetical printer alphabetical system alphabetical characters alphabetical index

Examples

I wanted to be a poet as a child and I have a wall in my study dedicated to poetry books, all in alphabetical order, that reminds me daily of my failure. Colm Tóibín

Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical order. John Ralston Saul

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order. Erma Bombeck

I love arranging my music, not in alphabetical order but by mood, creating playlists for when I have energy and want to work out or go-out party mixes and music to chill out to. Natasha Bedingfield

Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist. Walter Moers

The other day, I noticed I'd arranged my spices in alphabetical order when I was on the phone, without even realizing, and when I was a kid I was constantly cleaning and organizing things - my toys, my sister's cosmetics. Jayma Mays

Close letter words and terms

alphabetic script alphabetic writing alphabetic-numeric alphabetical character alphabetical characters alphabetical order