adjective
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of or relating to a text or texts
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based on or conforming to a text
Other Word Forms
- intertextual adjective
- intertextually adverb
- nontextual adjective
- nontextually adverb
- textually adverb
- untextual adjective
- untextually adverb
Etymology
Origin of textual
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin textu ( s ) ( text ) + -al 1; replacing Middle English textuel < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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Curiously, this was not a prevailing gripe about “Frankenstein,” despite del Toro changing the ending, altering the inciting events of the Creature’s creation and adding new characters while changing the textual behavior of key others.
From Salon
Tolkien’s world thus existed in the form of a “massive textual archive,” producing a “sense that the world extends both temporally and physically beyond the text.”
As they discuss the niceties and textual flaws of the classics they love as much as life itself, Stoppard’s playfulness is tinged with rue; the older man cannot prevent the younger’s heartbreak to come.”
From Los Angeles Times
In any case, Mr. Bottum’s argument is less textual and more emotive.
A lot of it was kind of improvisational, both physically and textually.
From Los Angeles Times
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