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alphabetical

[al-fuh-bet-i-kuhl] / ˌæl fəˈbɛt ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
in ascending order of a writing system
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
unalphabetical


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Alphabetical order requires us to pay attention not to meaning but to spelling, ensuring it would stay rare through the Middle Ages, disdained as an arbitrary imposition that was “the antithesis of reason.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Alphabetical order was always unlikely to save Arsenal’s campaign but at least Villa are not too far off where they will want to be at the end of the season.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2021

Alphabetical order prevails; each artist is given a large color photograph, biographical information and a bit of aesthetic interpretation of the work pictured.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

At the New Vic in Newcastle under Lyme, a mini Frayn season has early comedy Alphabetical Order, set in the cuttings library of a local newspaper, followed by the very serious Copenhagen.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2010

Alphabetical List of the Principal Proper Names occurring in this Volume, with their Original Gaelic Forms, and, in many cases, their Meanings.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown



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