compositionally

English

Etymology

compositional +‎ -ly

Adverb

compositionally (not comparable)

  1. With regard to composition.
    The two minerals are compositionally distinct.
    • 2009, Umberto Pappalardo, The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting, page 91:
      The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze.
  2. By means of composition.
    • 2004, Östen Dahl, The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity‎, →ISBN, page 180:
      In particular, its meaning will normally also be retrieved from storage rather than computed compositionally, from the constituents.
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