linguistically
adverb/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkli/
Frequency rank: #17,290 most common English word
Meaning
in a way that relates to language or linguistics.
Example sentence
The two communities are culturally similar but linguistically quite distinct.
Synonyms & related words
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