a. [f. as prec. + -AL.] Pertaining to lexicography.
1791. Boswell, Johnson, 15 April, an. 1755. When they find him displaying a perfect theory of lexicographical excellence.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., II. 870/1. These grammatical labors [of Gesenius] did not meet with the same general favor as the lexicographical.
Hence Lexicographically adv., with regard to lexicography.
1879. Furnivall, Prospectus Philol. Soc. Engl. Dict. To place English lexicographically in a position abreast of any modern language.
