Definition of lexicalnext
as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language a dictionary provides lexical information—it tells you what the word "cat" means, not all there is to know about cats

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Recent Examples of lexical The appearance of these five lexical inventions marks the first time that humankind ever attached words to this invisible and magical mystery. Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 Barrett designed a reading program to help flag emerging lexical items and turbocharge additions, tripling the volume of new words added in the site’s periodic updates over the course of a year. Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025 Templates enforce everything from slide masters to the lexical choices that signal risk levels; the model should not be able to invent metrics or rewrite disclaimers. Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 With the arrival of printing, the new terminology created more opportunities for lexical growth, as did the publishing industry; and the emergence of the internet has produced still more. David Crystal june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lexical
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Adjective
  • The Roman Empire is closely associated with the Latin language, but the actual linguistic situation in the empire was complex.
    Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There is no clean separation of their linguistic and reasoning abilities.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That is where this modern minimalist verbal style comes from.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Wilson said that Ghost broke verbal agreements over writing credits and a soundtrack album deal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The article suggests that social storytelling is what enabled us to surpass the communicative abilities of other living apes, into the rich, expressive tapestry of human language.
    Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • This means being communicative, proactive and disciplined in the engagement.
    Ashish Agarwal, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Lexical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexical. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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