adv. [f. STRUCTURAL + -LY2.] In structural respects; with regard to structure.

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1839.  Hallam, Hist. Lit., III. iii. § 72. We do not know … the entire conditions of organic bodies (even structurally, not as living).

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1849.  Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia, IV. 165. The Sloths … are exclusively arboreal;… and for the trees alone are they structurally adapted.

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1865.  Daily Tel., 28 Dec., 5/3. St. Petersburg also is as marvellous a city, structurally speaking, as Amsterdam; its palaces, quays, and arsenals are all built on piles.

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1869.  Daily News, 14 Oct., 3/6. The question as to whether a counting-house which is not structurally severed constitutes a good qualification [to vote as a householder].

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1882.  S. Cassan Paul, in Macm. Mag., XLVI. 500/1. The houses are so structurally defective as to be incapable of repair.

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1915.  A. Cartwright, in Edin. Rev., Jan., 74. Dutch differs little structurally from Low German.

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