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tex⋅tu⋅al

[teks-choo-uhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a text: textual errors.
2. based on or conforming to the text, as of the Scriptures: a textual interpretation of the Bible.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML textu(s) (see text ) + -al 1 ; r. ME textuel < MF < ML, as above


tex⋅tu⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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tex·tu·al   (těks'chōō-əl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or conforming to a text.
tex'tu·al·ly adv.
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