Associations to the word «Alphabetical»

Wiktionary

ALPHABETICAL, adjective. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
ALPHABETICAL, adjective. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
ALPHABETICAL, adjective. (obsolete) literal
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, noun. The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.
ALPHABETICAL ORDERS, noun. Plural of alphabetical order

Dictionary definition

ALPHABETICAL, adjective. Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system".
ALPHABETICAL, adjective. Arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats